Trust is precious and easily wasted, and guessing is a lousy foundation for future progress.

When in doubt, tell yourself the truth.

If you love writing or making music or blogging or any sort of performing art, then do it. Do it with everything you've got. Just don't plan on using it as a shortcut to making a living.

One bad review doesn't ruin my day because I realize what a badge of honor it is to get a bit of criticism at all.

Desire can't be sated, because if it is, the longing disappears and then we've failed, because desire is the state we seek.

But if the cow is purple, you'd notice it, OK? The thing that's going to decide what gets talked about, what gets done, what gets changed, what gets purchased, what gets built is, is it remarkable? And remarkable's a really cool word 'cause we think it just means neat, but it also means worth making a remark about, and that is the essence of where idea diffusion is going.

We know what you want to accomplish... The real question is, 'what are you willing to push through the dip for?' What are you willing to stand up for, bleed for, commit to and generally be unreasonable about? Because that's what's going to actually get done.