Max Levchin Quotes

I've got lots and lots planned out, and other ideas knocking around in my head, too. I'm kind of an obsessive pre-planner, so I have a lot of material.

I keep a notebook in my pocket, and I write down all the stuff we could ever do with Foursquare.

I have ideas saved on my computer that I visit from time to time to see if one may shine and motivate me.

I've got loads of ideas swimming round, and I've even organised them in a nice folder on me computer.

Ideas are cheap. I have more ideas now than I could ever write up. To my mind, it's the execution that is all-important.

Always write your ideas down however silly or trivial they might seem. Keep a notebook with you at all times.

We usually don't have applications in mind. They come later.

I spend a lot of time preparing. I think a lot about what I want to do. I have prep books, little notebooks in which I write everything down before a sitting. Otherwise I would forget my ideas.

I'm always jotting things down on pieces of paper. I've got pieces of paper all over my house.

I never drink while I'm working, but after a few glasses I get ideas that would never have occurred to me dead sober.

I carry a notebook with me everywhere. But that's only the first step.

I have ideas whirring around my head all the time.

Every morning I wake up with new ideas.

I have an ideas book at home with far more ideas than I will ever be able to write.

It's very productive scientifically; I often get some very good ideas for my research while hiking.

Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.

Some of the best ideas I get seem to happen when I'm doing mindless manual labor or exercise. I'm not sure how that happens, but it leaves me free for remarkable ideas to occur.

Labor gives birth to ideas.

I don't think that scheduling is uncreative. I think that structure is required for creativity.

For most people, creativity is a serious business. They forget the telling phrase 'the play of ideas' and think that they need to knuckle down and work more. Often, the reverse is true. They need to play.

Ideas are cheap. Ideas are easy. Ideas are common. Everybody has ideas. Ideas are highly, highly overvalued. Execution is all that matters.

But I've got ideas. I keep my little notebook, I've always got that with me. Hopefully there's more stuff than nonsense in there.

I would worry if I wasn't coming up with ideas, if I wasn't inspired.

I have too many ideas for a lifetime.

And I think that, given the opportunity, somebody could really learn a lot just being around me and the girls because it's really nonstop, 24/7 brainstorming and creativity and just trying to get organized and really pack a lot into a day - being there nonstop with all engines blazing.