“Remember, you’re always supposed to be having fun, and you’re always supposed to be in control. So, in truth there’s nothing you’re supposed to do: there’s just what you want and ways to get it.”

“Wifey” scared me but I couldn’t quite figure out why until thirty years later. But that didn’t stop me from reading it over and over. Just the cover: a picture of the area in a woman between the breasts and the waist with just the hint of everything. That was a “wifey”. I wanted one. Maybe two.”

“If other people didn’t have the vision—that’s their lack and their misfortune. And that’s not going to be mine.”

“If I start discriminating against people, that will stop me as a person. That’s ignorant. What the fuck does that have to do with anything? It’s not like I want to date this motherfucker—I’m inspired by this dude.”

“Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your anti-piracy plan.”

“The universe doesn’t owe you anything. I don’t care what you’ve done in the past. I don’t care where you’ve been and who you’ve fucked, because there is nothing that says you are supposed to succeed today.”

“Twitter and Facebook are awesome when they’re bringing down a dictator in the Middle East. They’re not awesome when someone is tweeting about some governor here.”

“Once you have health, wealth and pussy on tap, you are finally free to try to understand the world from an unbiased perspective.”

“Corporate America as it has been traditionally is now officially dead. There’s no safety there. There’s only hustling now.”