“You need to put the fear of risk aside. Startups need leaders who are willing to persevere through the hard times. Failure is an option, and a real risk.”

Get away from the place that makes you feel comfortable with your depression. The reality is it’s never as bad as the insanity you’ve created in your head.

The Internet’s a big enough place for everybody to be happy.

The worst thing in the world is to be bland.

We tell ourselves we’re here to be flexible and to be nimble, and not necessarily to stick to a master plan.

I’m always throwing out ideas, so it’s not creativity, it’s just volume.

The fact of the matter is that the Internet has brought together millions of people who trust one another for reasons that are unknown.

The awesome part about The Book of Awesome is the realization that if you enjoy the simple moments in your life, you will be happier.

Only those who live forever can act like there’s time to waste.

Human nature has a tendency to admire complexity but reward simplicity.

Failure and risk are something entrepreneurs should understand well, and learn to manage. Don’t have a fear of talking about your failures. Don’t hide your mistakes.

The BBC came to me and they wanted to adapt the book [Three Musketeers] again, in the straightforward way, and I said no to that.

But after a while you discover that youre really not. Real love is different.

What I think is interesting is that the more you do.

It’s psychologically a weird experience to be so aware of the fact that the real time of your life is moving much faster than the fictional time you’re trying to depict.

I sense a real difference in my work from the time I was younger and single and more involved in the world of music and going out to bars and all that.

The power lies in who can say no the most. But, real power, though, lies in the opportunity to say yes.

Especially for people of our generation, who really celebrated certain attitudes – the outsider.

I feel that when you have a passion and you are real.