I don't play golf or all those things people normally do for business. I do parties. That's where I bring people in, showcase ideas and, in the end, do deals.

I have seen many successful people fail after they start fearing they might lose what they have built.

We are each but a quarter note in a grand symphony.

I don't believe in pitfalls. I believe in taking risks and not doing the same thing twice.

We didn't reinvent the circus. We repackaged it in a much more modern way.

Inside every adult there's still a child that lingers. We're happiness merchants - giving people the opportunity to dream like children.

Our approach was very simple. It was about creating a universal language. A show that will be attractive toward every people coming from all over the world. And that was a big thing.

Inside every adult there's still a child that lingers.

I am blessed for what I have, but I believed in it from the beginning. Today, the dream is the same: I still want to travel, I still want to entertain, and I most certainly still want to have fun.

Our biggest goal is to continue to force ourselves to always start our creative work on a white page and not take advantage of past successes and challenging ourselves.

The sun stands for energy and youth, which is what I thought the circus should be about.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.

The one who loves you has the right to tick you off, to correct you when you go wrong and admonish you when you repeat.

We cannot always cry at the right timeand who is to say which time is right?

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

I still read Donne, particularly his love poems

I avoid the young adult section altogether if possible, although it's sometimes fun to catch a girl lying on the floor, reading "Gossip Girl."

We think that maybe feminism isn't appropriate anymore, since Western women have really made enormous strides. But check out the rest of the world if you'd like to not be able to sleep tonight.

In every romance you have to budget for the occasional dust-up.

Pepper is small in quantity and great in virtue.

Charity begins at home, is the voice of the world.