If the challenge we face doesn't scare us, then it's probably not that important.

I do my best writing between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.. Almost every friend I have who is a consistently productive writer, does their best writing between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. My quota is two crappy pages per day. I keep it really low so I'm not so intimidated that I never get started. I will do the gathering of interviews and research throughout the day. I'll get all my notes and materials together and then I'll do the synthesis between 10 p.m. to bed, which is usually 4 or 5 a.m.

People who avoid all criticism fail. It's destructive criticism we need to avoid, not criticism in all forms.

Many a false step was made by standing still.

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.

I think time management as a label encourages people to view each 24-hour period as a slot in which they should pack as much as possible.

Simplicity requires ruthlessness.