Design is more important than technology in most consumer applications.

I think you want to show a level of transparency that breeds trust. You don't want to show a level of desperation that breeds concern.

For the most effective pitch, focus 80% on the problem, 20% on the solution.

Entrepreneurs usually don't listen to people. Trust them to do their job. Remember, you invested with the understanding the project was likely to fail.

The path to the mountain ahead of you? is not the path you took to the mountain you stand on.

Wait until companies have an initial prototype, have shown that they have the potential to be profitable and have the ability to scale. That's the best time to invest.

I figured maybe I had some talent as an investor… since it seemed like I was only a half-assed entrepreneur.

I believe in happy endings, and i feel this movie has advanced long enough.

All animals go through interminable hard labor to produce what humans shamelessly rob from them at great physical/mental pain to them and to their young. THINK TWICE before using hot 'merchandise'!!!

The only time I get sick of making people laugh is when I'm in a non-writing-joke mode, and I just can't seem to come up with anything new that's funny. That's a tough place to be as a comedian.

I am made of endless hours. Not just split seconds.

It is not surprising that Venice is known above all for mirrors and glass since Venice is the most narcissistic city in the world, the city that celebrates self-mirroring.

I am absolutely opposed to political correctness. You cannot confront hate speech until you've experienced it. You need to hear every side of the issue instead of just one.

I became a children's author by accident.

Photography is a powerful medium of persuasion and propaganda. It has that ring of truth when all the time, in artful hands, it can make any statement the manipulator chooses.

I hate arrows. They try to tell me which direction to go. It's like "I ain't going that way, line with two thirds of a triangle on the end!"

Pictures were made to entertain; if you want to send a message, call Western Union.