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.

If you do a job where someone tells you exactly what to do, they will find someone cheaper than you to do it. And yet our schools are churning out kids who are stuck looking for jobs where the boss tells them exactly what to do.

If it's worth listening to, it's worth questioning until you understand it.

Competence is no longer scarce.

Giving people what they want isn't always what they want.

The future of publishing is about having connections to readers and the knowledge of what those readers want.

Don't find customers for your products, find products for your customers.