I just sit down and the page just comes out and I look at it and the elements that appear on that page have a lot to do with what's going on in my life.

All secrets become deep. All secrets become dark. That's in the nature of secrets.

When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.

Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.

This is why I loved technology: if you used it right, it could give you power and privacy.

Write even when the world is chaotic. You don’t need a cigarette, silence, music, a comfortable chair, or inner peace to write. You just need ten minutes and a writing implement.

The fact is, almost everything you do is collaborative. Somewhere out there, someone else had a hand it it.

Universal access to human knowledge is in our grasp, for the first time in the history of the world. This is not a bad thing.

The big problem isn’t piracy, it’s obscurity.

We don’t care about what you did yesterday—we care about what you’re going to do tomorrow.

Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about.

Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.

The biggest form of witchcraft is denying someone information.

For every question, there is an answer. Where everybody fails is by asking the wrong question.

There's a huge difference in the attitude of the people of the United States of America toward women in politics. It has taken an enormous turn toward equality.

Most of my show is just improvisation. It goes with the energy of the crowd.

Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.

Oh. What if we eat a lot with people that annoy the hell out of us?

I thought I saw him once, but it turned out to be a yeti

Our country is great because it is built on principles of self-reliance, opportunity, innovation, and compassion for others.

The goofiness of radicals thinking they have to dress in Guatemalan peasant clothes. The poor don't want you to look like them. They want you to dress in a suit and go get them food and water. Comma.