“The first good reason to write a book is to add value to people’s lives.”

“Tomorrow, is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one.”

“The main reason to use Booki rather than a word processor to write a book is to effectively collaborate with other authors. The book you are reading is my second attempt to do this (and the Spanish translation of my first FLOSS Manual would definitely qualify as a third) so my opinions on this might be worth something.The first thing is that there are good reasons to collaborate and not so good. A good one is that your collaborator can bring expertise to the book that you don't have. A bad one is that you think there will be less work for you if you have a collaborator. There are many human activities where "Many hands make light labor". Writing a book isn't one of them.”

“The purpose of our lives is to add value to the people of this generation and those that follow.”

“She thought, instead, with longing of more books—of buying books—of slipping into a narrative of other people’s lives. That was release.”

“Write the ending first and then you'll know before the opening sentence that it's going to be a good book.”