I appear wild on the outside, but I'm a conservative businessman.

You know you're doing what you love when Sunday nights feel the same as Friday nights.

There are moments in business and in life when you have to say, "Failure is not an option."

Once you realize that there are no geniuses out there, you can think, "I can do that". One reason I've succeeded is that I have that naïve sense of entitlement.

And here's what management is: motivating people and putting them in places where they can succeed.

The failure-dichotomy principle: failure is good. Failure is not an option. Balance those in your brain.

I've built my success on the idea that a win for me involves a win for everyone around me.

The passion, the competitiveness, the swinging for the fences, it adds up.

The key to success is not purely who's the smartest, who's the best, but also who can say with conviction, "I deserve it." The entire concept is wrapped up in one phrase: "Why not me?

The best bosses understand the people working for them. That's the first component: what makes my people tick? What are they in it for?

You can be hard on people as long as you're just as hard on yourself.

I imagined I was God for a millisecond And became speechless for a long time.

And then you’ll catch yourself thinking about something or someone who has no connection with the past. Someone who’s only yours. And you’ll realize… that this is where your life is.

What you remember saves you.

Not every dog that barks, bites.

I’m serious, now let me know every time you see her cry. The thought brings me great joy. Hope.

In the '40s and '50s, a lot of teachers and librarians saw the graphic novel as the enemy of reading.

I always go back to the original material. I want a good connection as the composer and writer of the score to the director and to the source material. It's really important.

A good name will wear out; a bad one may be turned; a nickname lasts forever.

I know there are some labels that put out music for art's sake, but I don't know which ones.

I think it's a mistake to view North Korea as a government. It really is more like a criminal syndicate.