The question is not Will you succeed? but rather, Will you matter?

The joy of art is particularly sweet, though, because it carries with it the threat of rejection, of failure, and of missed connections. It's precisely the high-wire act of "this might not work" that makes original art worth doing.

The problem with requiring people to be loud and angry to get things done is that you're now surrounded by people who are loud and angry.

It's entirely possible that there won't be a standing ovation at the end of your journey. That's okay. At least you lived.

Part of leadership (a big part of it actually) is the ability to stick with the dream for a long time.

There's no shortage of great ideas. There's a shortage of execution.

Laptop computers dramatically increased the time people spend doing work. (The internet dramatically decreased it, so we're even).