I think that the economics of book publishing favor hits with long book runs. You make all your money on the last bunch of books, not the first.

Nobody says, 'Yeah, I'd like to set myself up for some serious criticism!' And yet, the only way to be remarkable is to do just that.

You're competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome.

Self sufficiency appears to be a worthy goal, but it's now impossible if you want to actually get anything done. All our productivity, leverage and insight comes from being part of a community, not apart from it. The goal, I think, is to figure out how to become more dependent, not less.

You don't launch a popular blog, you build one.

Successful people are the ones who are breaking the rules.

You can't have good ideas unless you're willing to generate a lot of bad ones.