I worked a janitorial job, cleaning university dormitories after students had gone home for the summer. You can’t imagine the condition some of those rooms were in. They could have doubled as sets for a slasher film.

it was my first job.

The only job I quit was, aged about 23, subediting a “men’s” magazine. My job was typing out readers’ pornographic fantasies. I started wishing people would reproduce by splitting down the middle.

I worked in the customer services department of a mobile phone gambling company and it was very depressing, because the people calling up were usually not happy.

CEOs are pinch hitters. We should be working on the things that nobody else can or nobody else is.

I love that there is no privileged access to information. I love that we’re able to all contribute to solving a problem.

Well, I work from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to bed. And I work seven days a week.

One setback after another, we shook it off and skated to the next opportunity. Each time, we gain skills and strengthen our character. No setback that comes our way doesn't look like an opportunity these days.

Of all of the things that I value most about my abilities, intelligence is not top of that list. My ability to endure pain and suffering, my ability to work on something for a very, very long period of time, my ability to handle setbacks and see the opportunity just around the corner I consider to be my superpowers, and I hope they're yours.

I have a simple life, and I love that,” he said, smiling. “I can’t imagine a more perfect life.