Wait until companies have an initial prototype, have shown that they have the potential to be profitable and have the ability to scale. That's the best time to invest.

Design is more important than technology in most consumer applications.

I think you want to show a level of transparency that breeds trust. You don't want to show a level of desperation that breeds concern.

For the most effective pitch, focus 80% on the problem, 20% on the solution.

Entrepreneurs usually don't listen to people. Trust them to do their job. Remember, you invested with the understanding the project was likely to fail.

The path to the mountain ahead of you? is not the path you took to the mountain you stand on.

I figured maybe I had some talent as an investor… since it seemed like I was only a half-assed entrepreneur.

Want to know the best part of being a warlord?' came a hoarse whisper.I bit my lip, puzzled by the question.Keir’s mouth curled up slowly into a smile. 'I always get what I want.

A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.

Writing well means never having to say, "I guess you had to be there.

Safety is not a destination that we reach for, rather it is a retreat that we escape to. And if our lives are marked by the incessant search for safety, we will live the whole of it going in reverse.

Since I stopped writing, I read more than ever. Other people's words, not my own--my words are gone.

A woman who is found without her veil in some regions of Islam will it is reported raise her skirt to cover her face.

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.

I am all in favour of democracy in Iraq.

Danny Trejo is so bloody cool, I mean, he can just stand there and look cool.

The rich are different than you and me: they have more money and they have more power.