The way that you become world-class is... by asking good questions.

When you try to do something big its hard to fail completely.

It is predicated on the assumption that you dislike what you are doing during the most physically capable years of your life. This is a nonstarter—nothing can justify that sacrifice.

Converting your own passions into a job is the fastest method for eliminating any passion you once had.

The bottom line is that you only have the rights you fight for.

To make a bestseller, there are more customers than just your customers: Selling to the end-user is just one piece of the puzzle. In my case, I needed to first sell myself to the publisher to get marketing support and national retail distribution.

I discourage passive skepticism, which is the armchair variety where people sit back and criticize without ever subjecting their theories or themselves to real field testing.