The only reason to buy a paper book any longer is to own it and cherish it and remember it and tell a story about it.

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.

You can't win by being more average than average.

I'm not proposing that you let the crowd dictate, or that you work hard to fit in. Far from it. I'm proposing that you know the impact your choices are having and act accordingly.

Is it worth getting one more tweet out, or putting your phone down and doing something that is worth tweeting?

Facts are irrelevant. What matters is what the consumer believes.

When kids grow up wanting to be you, you matter.