Everything about Mark Zuckerberg is pure hacker. Hackers don't take realities of the world for granted; they seek to break and rebuild what they don't like. They seek to outsmart the world.

One of the nice things about being a private company is operating without the intensity of public glare. It's hard to grow a company under a microscope of constant second guessing.

The biggest barrier to starting a company isn't ideas, funding or experiences. It's excuses.

One of the great ironies of the social media era is that some of the least social people in the world created it.

It may be easier than ever to start a product, but building a company is just as hard as its ever been.

To me, the last mile of the Internet that very few people have successfully really done. And this is like micro local. Things that really impact your life. And noone's leveraging that yet.

You can keep your privacy in the world by keeping your product, not your personality, the star.

Art is the most important thing to me in the entire world. It is my passion. Nothing else. End of story.

I've got a whole lotta questions, and not so many answers.

I am honest enough with myself to admit it. I rarely offer strong opinions, I have a backbone like a pair of bifold doors, and I am terrified of not being approved of.

Elevate your mind and you elevate your world.

Writing a novel is easy… writing checks is hard.

The best things in life are . . . Annoying.

I'm a taskmaster. I was brought up that way, and I'm sure I imposed that on my kids.

It's nice if people ask to use your song. You have to make a decision as an artist how you feel about that.

It is one of Miss Manners's great discoveries that one needn't contradict others in order to set them straight.

Yes, go on. Leave. You're always coming and going. The rest of us are stuck here. Do you think he'd still love you if he knew who you are? He doesn't really care—only when it suits him.

I don't take me seriously. If we get some giggles, I don't mind.

Sarah Palin is now the guy who hangs out in the high school parking lot, showing off his car, five years after he graduated.

The most common characteristic of all police states is intimidation by surveillance. Citizens know they are being watched and overheard. Their mail is being examined. Their homes can be invaded.