You look like the type of people who would criticize a misspelling in a suicide note.

My favorite random email I got was from some guy who wrote: "Mr. Max, with the hope of a six year old on the night before Christmas asking about Santa, I ask the same question: Do you really exist?

The Big Five publishing companies are dinosaurs trying to survive in a post-meteor world. They won't.

It used to be that companies with industrial economies of scale created business success. Now, success will come from the information economies of scale, either the ones with complete breadth, or complete depth.

Two girls called me closed minded. I tell them that they are so open-minded their brains leaked out.

Most of my success, I feel, comes from being a good editor as opposed to a great writer.

I tell the truth, and truth is the ultimate defense against libel.