Marco Arment Quotations

People have different interpretations of "urgent".

Apple already had everyone's billing information from iTunes... you could buy things just by typing in your password... That, for the first time, brought very, very easy payment to the modern software world. That, more than anything, is why there is a business for paid apps.

With Instapaper, I can take a few months off. I can't stop publishing 'The Magazine' for two months and work on something else.

I've worked with many large and small publishers, and nearly all of them love the value that Instapaper provides to their readers.

I don't even like being quoted in a press release.

Making a product better often requires removing features.

People will pay for something they like because they want to ensure its future.

Charge for something and make more than you spend.

Attention to detail can't be (and never is) added later. It's an entire development philosophy, methodology, and culture.

Emphasizing and rewarding length over quality results in worse writing and more reader abandonment.