In The End, We Are Our Choices.

I'm Skeptical That The Novel Will Be "re­invented." If You Start Thinking About A Medical Textbook Or Something, Then, Yes, I Think That's Ripe For Reinvention. You Can Imagine Animations Of A Beating Heart. But I Think The Novel Will Thrive In Its Current Form. That Doesn't Mean That There Won't Be New Narrative Inventions As Well. But I Don't Think They'll Displace The Novel.

On The Internet, Companies Are Scale Businesses, Characterized By High Fixed Costs And Relatively Low Variable Costs. You Can Be Two Sizes: You Can Be Big, Or You Can Be Small. It's Very Hard To Be Medium. A Lot Of Medium-sized Companies Had The Financing Rug Pulled Out From Under Them Before They Could Get Big.

The Great Thing About Fact-based Decisions Is That They Overrule The Hierarchy.

Advertising Is The Price You Pay For Unremakable Thinking.

Invention Requires A Long-term Willingness To Be Misunderstood.