“Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.”

So I taught myself web design, and then in 1999 some friends of mine decided to start a company called Xanga.com, which was a very early kind of social network slash blogging community.

When I studied graphic design, I learned a valuable lesson: There’s no perfect answer to the puzzle, and creativity is a renewable resource.

Willingness to take risks is the path to success.

Embrace your constraints.

It’s important to credit the brave people that take chances to stand up to regimes. They’re the star.

Even though running is physically straining, it’s mentally refreshing. Especially when you feel like you’ve accomplished something.

Inventing your dream is the first and biggest step toward making it come true.

You don’t have to spend the entire day hunched over your computer consuming this information.

I think before Twitter people didn’t think that way, not in any sort of meaningful or specific way, so what I’m trying to say, if we’re trying a bunch of stuff, a lot of cool and great social stuff, a lot of platform stuff, then some of it will stick, and some of it will be junked over.

If you make the opportunity. you’ll be the first in the position to take advantage of it.

What if the New York Times gave out free, cheap Kindles to everyone and said this is how we’re doing it now. You know? Maybe that’s a way to go.

Even the simplest tools can empower people to do great things.

The normal press cycle is to put a company on a pedestal and then knock it down. It’s much more interesting that way.

Creativity is an infinitely renewable resource – you are not going to run out of it – so don’t be afraid to use it.

In order to succeed spectacularly you have to be willing to fail spectacularly.

Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.

The transpersonal is more awe-inspiring, more exciting than the thing we confuse it for.

I feel no different than I felt at 99, 98 or 97. Just because you live a long time, you get all this attention. Just because you survived? Of course, I survived a lot.

Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it.

I’m easy to work with, not a pushover, but I respond to criticism and find it inspiring.

It doesn’t have to be happy music to be inspiring.

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it’s probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it.

Be passionate about the culture and the business, and remain positive, because it inspires others.