Relationships are the key element to Press & PR

Starting a company is a cause, not a job. Once it becomes a job, that's when you lose

Difficult situations require compassion, level-headedness & the empathy to see issues from somebody else's perspective.

If you can't build relationships from nothing, you will fail. You must have that drive.

Attention is the most important currency that anybody can give you. It’s worth more than money, possession, or things.

Don't let failure deter you; use it as a stepping-stone and an educational experience towards making your mark on the world.

The world's most successful entrepreneurs play hard, but they work even harder.

I'm proud to call myself a Mashable alumnus.

Start with local press first. Start with people you know. Don't pitch every journalist.

Windows Updates have sometimes been a pain point for users. The update pop-ups can interrupt a movie or a video game, and the automatic restarts can result in lost data or confused users.

The more PR buzzwords you include in your press release, the less likely I am to write you up

As with a love affair, the battered heart needs time to recover from a good work of fiction.

The past is as important as the future, but we only live in the here and now.

There are some mysteries of the universe that ought to remain mysteries.

I only use three primaries, so the nice thing is I can't have favorite colors.

When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll.

No matter how tough Iraq became, removing Saddam Hussein was the right thing to do for the sake of peace and for the 25 million people we liberated.

Practice is practice, chicken is chicken.

Buffy's high school was built on top of a vortex of evil, the Hellmouth. And whose wasn't?

Hell is not fire and brimstone, not a place where you are punished for lying or cheating or stealing. Hell is wanting to be something and somewhere different from where you are.

I--love's skein upon the ground, My body in the tomb-- Shall leap into the light lost In my mother's womb.