I had a very good job in corporate America, but I quickly knew that was not how I was wired.

Nobody would be left to round out the workforce and execute the business plan.

I'm a big fan of small business ownership. I think it's the backbone of American innovation. But to be successful, you first have to have the courage to go for it.

When I'm interviewing someone, I want to make sure that he thought enough to take care of himself - to dress appropriately and to groom himself properly.

Sulking about your mistakes only leads to future ones.

When you lose your hair, it has an impact on confidence and your overall self-esteem whether it affects your career or your love life.

Just because you didn't get your way, don't take your ball and go home.

If I can lead a happy life, touch the lives of others in a positive way, win the respect of those that I care about... and make a few million along the way, then I have been successful.

A lot of entrepreneurs let ego get in the way. You've got to be the conductor. You can't play all the instruments yourself. You have to get others to work together.

So many reality shows are scripted and create this fake drama, and it's a bunch of bull. We wanted to do something real and something wholesome and something that's focused on positive family values.

Whether you want to admit it or not, people begin to judge you the minute you walk in the door.

Men grieve [Mephistopheles] so with the days of their lamenting, [he] even hate[s] to plague them with [his] torments.

Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.

Love had surely made us all and hate would surely make us fall.

The most beautiful world is always entered through imagination.

I believe passionately in the power of people.

I say, ‘You should blanket me’ or ‘you should blanket her’, meaning like a blanket is a blessing. It’s a way of showing love and caring.

Politics, like theater, is one of those things where you've got to be wise enough to know when to leave.

Human beings understand too much.

I enjoy doing martial arts films, but I like the straight stuff, too. I'd like to go back and do some Shakespeare, and maybe knock out a play or two. It's all about keeping balance.

One of the hardest things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it.