Quotes from Sean Parker

I suffer from the delusion that every product of my imagination is not only possible, but always on the cusp of becoming real.

It would be incredibly presumptuous and self-serving of me to believe that Facebook was the end of history. The only way it could possibly be the end of history is if it becomes some sort of artificial super intelligence that takes over the world.

I definitely wanted to earn my freedom. But the primary motivation wasn't making money, but making an impact.

At the end of the day, money is just a proxy for votes. That is what makes politics so vulnerable to social media.

It's never the end game. Facebook is now a platform upon which all kinds of applications are being built it's definitely not it.

I think the perception of wealth and power is that things just become easier and easier when in reality as you raise the stakes things become more stressful.

I think Facebook's biggest problem is the glut of information that Facebook's power users are overwhelmed with.

If there's some triumphant end of the story, I guess in a roundabout way I've gotten what I wanted, which is the ability to do interesting things and the wealth to be free.

I think being a wealthy member of the establishment is the antithesis of cool. Being a countercultural revolutionary is cool. So to the extent that you've made a billion dollars, you've probably become uncool.

I lived on couches for something like six months. I had no home. I was totally broke. I would stay at a friend's house for two weeks, then move because I didn't want to become this permanent mooch.

My interactions with Sorkin were agonisingly weird. He is by far the weirdest person I have ever met. I had dinner with him and a few hours before I got an e-mail from his assistant saying, 'Sean, this does not need to be a long conversation. Aaron is only going to use it to win your trust.'

You actually don't want people thinking your product is cool, because then you're a fad.

You want people using your product because it's a part of your life, then they can't stop using it.

There's a lot of artists whose contracts are written in such a way that they do not get paid for what's happening on streaming services.

I had a desire to prove to myself that I was actually in control - that I wasn't a puppet.

You just keep pushing yourself harder and harder to achieve more and more - I don't think it's ever quite as glamorous as it appears on the outside.

What comes after the revolution is inevitably bureaucracy. Whoever wins the revolution builds a bureaucracy.

One of the difficulties in living the lifestyle I lead is that it is hard to get my friends in one place.

I've been doing a hybrid of investing and entrepreneurship, which I think initially I wasn't set out to do. But I realized it fit my personality.

Gray hats are the ones who think they're doing good, but they're not. You learn that when the FBI shows up on your doorstep.

Look - There's good creepy and there's bad creepy. Today's creepy is tomorrow's necessity.

I can sort of do what I want. Maybe I have to work harder to prove myself in some new relationship because they've heard some wacky stories about me. But at least I can get the meeting.

It would be incredibly presumptuous and self-serving of me to believe that Facebook was the end of history. The only way it could possibly be the end of history is if it becomes some sort of artificial super intelligence that takes over the world.

My interactions with Sorkin were agonisingly weird. He is by far the weirdest person I have ever met. I had dinner with him and a few hours before I got an e-mail from his assistant saying, 'Sean, this does not need to be a long conversation. Aaron is only going to use it to win your trust.'