“look I get it now, I understand that god had to give me a broken brain because if I didn't have an existential crisis every time I need to make a small decision and/or complete a very simple task, I would be too strong”— Katie Mather, twitter.com
“I didn’t want to be a CEO. I didn’t want to be an entrepreneur. I wanted to create stuff.”— Jack Dorsey, rollingstone.com
“I want people to walk away from Twitter feeling like they learned something and feeling empowered to some degree.”— Jack Dorsey, 9to5mac.com
“I’m fascinated by this concept of working in public and allowing people to see you get better and better as time goes on.”— Jack Dorsey, rollingstone.com
“We believe it’s important that the world sees how global leaders think and how they act.”— Jack Dorsey, recode.net
“The thing I’m most proud of Twitter for is that it has been a vehicle for historically marginalized groups to share their story.”— Jack Dorsey, rollingstone.com
“I love activists. I love protest. I’m a punk. My music when I was growing up was punk. Hackers are punk.”— Jack Dorsey, rollingstone.com
“People see Twitter as a public square, and therefore they have expectations that they would have of a public square.”— Jack Dorsey, rollingstone.com
“The common term is 'digital detox,' whereby an individual commits to a cessation of specific actions on one’s Internet-enabled devices for a finite period of time. One can go on this adventure with friends, family, or a likeminded group of strangers from, you guessed it, the internet.”— Sara Benincasa, longreads.com
“i kind of don't give a shit about the semantics re: calling kylie jenner a "self-made" billionaire. i kind of care more than she's a billionaire and could be making a lip kit shade called "solving the flint water crisis" but isn't.”— Kendra Syrdal, twitter.com
“I once had a reply guy whose comments started off innocuous, then steadily became more frequent — and more suggestive — when I stopped liking his replies. Eventually, he also found me on Instagram and Facebook, where he continued to engage with the vast majority of my posts.”— Chloe Bryan, mashable.com
“Meet different people then. Also I just... don’t care about men. I don’t care if you’re a feminist or not. I have other things to do with my time and energy. Have a good week tho https://t.co/e0nOXXOyr0”— Roxane Gay, twitter.com
“Still praying for you Demi. Glad u seen my old tweets. Hopefully u seen the ones providing you comfort and prayer when you were down. I don't kick people when they're down. Go queen.”— Wale, people.com
“No one comes to Twitter to share private thoughts. The platform is the equivalent of climbing to a mountaintop and shouting.”— Lance Ulanoff, medium.com
“I think Twitter is the exact opposite of a book. A book is such a considered thing, such a safe space of the mind where you just go to and it’s not immediately interactive and it has different eyes on it. Twitter, for me … is just an impulsive rash response.”— Matt Haig, theguardian.com
“As easy as it is to say that people should stop once they have enough success, who can say what’s enough in terms of friendships? Career connections? Fame? Every tweet you type could beget something great, or something disastrous.”— Jennifer Wright, nypost.com
“News organizations should ban their reporters from doing anything on social media — especially Twitter — beyond sharing stories. Snark, jokes and blatant opinion are showing your hand, and it always seems to be the left one. This makes it impossible to win back the skeptics.”— Jim VandeHei, axios.com