EVAN SPIEGEL

I'd like to create a space for people who have a lot of talent but not a lot of reach.

If I had a ringtone, it would probably be Neil Diamond.

I feel like I'm finally learning how to use Twitter, and Tweetbot has been a huge part of that. The interface is awesome, and it lets me easily manage two accounts at once.

For Snapchat, the closer we can get to 'I want to talk to you' - that emotion of wanting to see you and then seeing you - the better and better our product and our view of the world will be.

The fun thing about Snapchat is really the surprise and the joy that comes from learning how to use it.

Technology businesses in general are susceptible to hacking. That's why you have to work really, really, really hard with law enforcement, with security experts, internal and external groups, to make sure you're paying attention and addressing security concerns.

We are not advertising ourselves as a secure platform. It's a communication platform. It's not our job to police the world or Snapchat of jerks.

Ephemeral should be the default.

The intent to preserve and capture something is very different from the urge to share, but they had become intertwined.

The social marketing teams of big companies will always figure out a way to advertise on Snapchat. I'd like to create a space for people who have a lot of talent but not a lot of reach.

We don't want to own people's photos. We want to help them communicate with friends in whatever way makes them happiest.

I keep hearing about battery innovation, but it never makes it to my phone.

Having been bullied growing up, it's something that's really near and dear to my heart. You probably won't have many friends on Snapchat if you're being a jerk.

I think, with any new product that's difficult to understand, there are always lots of questions and criticism. I think we have all the right criticism. We're just going to keep executing on what we believe.

The essence of conversation is not which media format we choose to talk to each other with, so we don't differentiate between snaps and chats. It's just someone wanting to talk to you.

I am a young, white, educated male. I got really, really lucky. And life isn't fair.

The feed was probably the biggest innovation in social media of late. But the interesting thing about a feed is that the more content you consume, the farther in time you go.

There's this weird thing that happens when you contribute something to a static profile. You have to worry about how this new content fits in with your online persona that's supposed to be you. It's uncomfortable and unfortunate.

More people are watching college football on Snapchat than they are on television.

Social media is about friending someone so they'll invite you to a party or get you a job. If that's the work, Snapchat is the playground.

I text nonstop, and I love emoji. I'm also on the phone quite a bit for work - probably more than 10 calls per day.

I snap with my mom. It was a great way for me to see my dog when I was in college. We send selfies, too.

Snapchat changed that perception of deleting something as bad. Online, typically you delete something if it's bad or if it's really embarrassing.

Creating a representation of yourself for the Internet stopped making sense when we were all on phones and connected everywhere.

Somewhere along the way, when we were building social media products, we forgot the reason we like to communicate with our friends is because it's fun.