Po Bronson Quotes

We've all lost something along the way.

Interests evolve into hobbies or volunteer work, which grow into passions. It takes time, more time than anyone imagines.

If you want to give yourself a fair chance to succeed, never expect too much too soon

But I'd rather help than watch. I'd rather have a heart than a mind. I'd rather expose too much than too little. I'd rather say hello to strangers than be afraid of them. I would rather know all this about myself than have more money than I need. I'd rather have something to love than a way to impress you.

I used to use business to make money. But I've learned that business is a tool. You can use it to support what you believe in.

I used to want to change the world. Now I'm open to letting it change me.

I think when a reader reads a whole book - which takes six to ten hours - that's kind of a gift to the author. The gift of close, undivided attention. To who else do we listen so closely for eight straight hours? And when readers give that gift to me, I'm grateful for it.

A piece of writing has to seduce the reader; it has to suspend disbelief and earn the reader's trust.

As I get older, I've learned to listen to people rather than accuse them of things.