“Nothing is more paralyzing than the idea of limitless possibilities.”

“Your job is to collect good ideas. The more good ideas you collect, the more you can choose from to be influenced by.”

“Every new idea is just a mashup or a remix of one or more previous ideas.”

“Nothing is original. It says it right there in the Bible. Ecclesiastes:That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new under the sun.Every new idea is just a mashup or a remix of previous ideas.”

“There is a kind of fallout that happens when you leave college. The classroom is a wonderful, if artificial, place: Your professor gets paid to pay attention to your ideas, and your classmates are paying to pay attention to your ideas. Never again in your life will you have such a captive audience.”

“Creative people need time to just sit around and do nothing.”

“Be curious about the world in which you live. Look things up. Chase down every reference. Go deeper than anybody else--that's how you'll get ahead.”