Twitter isn't a social network, it's an information network. — Evan Williams Information Copy Share Image
The things that keep nagging at you are the ones worth exploring. — Evan Williams Exploring Copy Share Image
Anything I've done that really worked happened because, either by sheer will or a lack of options, I was incredibly focused on… — Evan Williams Anything Copy Share Image
I suspect there's a lot of validity to the premise that big companies aren't going to attract entrepreneurial talent. — Evan Williams Big companies Copy Share Image
A key element of Web blogs is the community element. Most blogs are not self-contained; they are highly dependent on linking to… — Evan Williams Blog Copy Share Image
Every time you start a company - and I've started five or six - you have the opportunity to screw up in… — Evan Williams Business Copy Share Image
Blogging got the concept of personal publishing, but it didn't really take advantage of the network. — Evan Williams Advantage Copy Share Image
Blogging and traditional media work together. Twitter complements traditional media. — Evan Williams Blogging Copy Share Image
I mistrust anyone... if they're saying, 'Well, that market wants this,' and you're not part of that market. — Evan Williams Anyone Copy Share Image
While GeoCities isn't cool, it isn't a bad thing. It did a great thing - enabled great people to instantly publish to… — Evan Williams Bad Copy Share Image
When you’re obsessing about one thing, you can reach insights about how to solve hard problems. If you have too many things… — Evan Williams Brilliant Copy Share Image
Hard things are valuable; easy things are not so valuable. Reaching the mountaintop is rewarding because it is hard. If it was… — Evan Williams Easy Copy Share Image
My strong belief - in being in blogging before Twitter - is that in trying to create more information out there, in… — Evan Williams Before Copy Share Image
Traditional news is often full of mistakes, but I think that people are getting more sophisticated in knowing what to trust and… — Evan Williams Failure Copy Share Image
After high school, I enrolled at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, but I stayed only a year and a half. I… — Evan Williams After Copy Share Image
My brother was the consummate Nebraska boy - the football star who went to the university, was president of his fraternity, hunted… — Evan Williams Boy Copy Share Image
News in general doesn't matter most of the time, and most people would be far better off if they spent their time… — Evan Williams Better off Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, 'climate' has become a dirty word - obviously in politics, but even to some degree in my world, in venture capital.… — Evan Williams Become Copy Share Image
People are fans of Dunkin' Donuts. They have a relationship with the company, they go there every day. Dunkin' Donuts is using… — Evan Williams Business Copy Share Image
If you look at the Internet, the vast majority of start-ups are not successful. But the ones that are, are very very… — Evan Williams Bad Copy Share Image
Take care of yourself: When you don't sleep, eat crap, don't exercise, and are living off adrenaline for too long, your performance… — Evan Williams Adrenaline Copy Share Image
People want to do good things, they just need a prod sometimes, and what Twitter and other technologies that connect people are… — Evan Williams Connect Copy Share Image
'What is Twitter?' has always been a tough question to answer. — Evan Williams Always Copy Share Image
I used to tweet about the most mundane things - like 'I just bought a soya latte' - but now I try… — Evan Williams About Copy Share Image
Failure of your company is not failure in life. Failure in your relationships is. — Evan Williams Balance Copy Share Image
The vast majority of things are distractions, and very few really matter to your success. — Evan Williams Distraction Copy Share Image
Most of the great businesses of our time have experimented. Like Google. — Evan Williams Business Copy Share Image
I think there's few cases in history where the C.E.O. steps down and is also the founder and reports to someone and… — Evan Williams Also Copy Share Image
I've always had a tendency to be much more optimistic about people than I should be. I'd like to be a little… — Evan Williams About Copy Share Image
I've done a lot of stupid things, but in most cases I can't complain about the outcomes. — Evan Williams About Copy Share Image
I think Twitter will be a fundamental part of how people interact with their government. — Evan Williams Fundamental Copy Share Image
I believe that companies that are independent are more competitive, ultimately. — Evan Williams Believe Copy Share Image
