The key to success is to risk thinking unconventional thoughts. Convention is the enemy of progress.

That was the Alka-Seltzer moment, the moment when the tablet hits the water and begins to fizz.

Do what gives you a buzz.

I'd work eighteen-hour stretches and fall asleep in my clothes. Then I'd wake up in the middle of the night, brew a pot of tea, and start work again. I was tired, but work had become pure enjoyment.

Visionaries and dreamers have always been dusted with a little oddity.

But having had your bright, fresh, original idea, the really hard part is turning it into a successful product. That's what takes all the sweat.

As long as you've got slightly more perception than the average wrapped loaf, you could invent something.