If you see distraction externally, you end up creating an internally distracted state.

The question you should be asking isn't, "What do I want?" or "What are my goals?" but "What would excite me?

To do the impossible, you need to ignore the popular.

Seemingly unrelated [things] that are in fact really related, that's the stuff I like to talk about. Like dancing, language learning, swimming, three-pointers.

Companies that start by redesigning the economics of an industry often finish by redesigning the whole industry-and owning it.

Reality is negotiable.

I'm not averse to making a lot of money. But where does that end? I hang out with people with hundreds of millions of dollars. Is that the standard by which I should measure myself? Where does that take you if you're in my business? I think it takes you to pretty dark, corrupt places.