"We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further."
对于人类曾经信仰的大多数神，我们都是无神论者。有些人只是更进一步，连一个神都不信。
1998年，贝索斯致股东信
The story is not in the plot; the plot is the net you throw over the story to catch it.
I’m a great believer in solving hard problems by using a checklist. You need to get all the likely and unlikely answers before you; otherwise it’s easy to miss something important.
When I have been listened to and when I have been heard, I am able to re-perceive my world in a new way and go on. It is astonishing how elements that seem insoluble become soluble when someone listens.
Mental processes exist because they serve a purpose.
We don't inherit leather from our ancestors—we borrow it from our children.