I think it is important for people who are given leadership roles to assume that role immediately.

What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.

The heart and soul of the company is creativity and innovation.

I ride a bike and use aerobic equipment twice a week, and work out with a trainer, lifting weights.

I think it is incredibly important to be open and accessible and treat people fairly and look them in the eye and tell them what is on your mind.

People still love a good story, and I don't think that will change.

It’s in our best interest to put some of the old rules aside and create new ones and follow the consumer – what the consumer wants and where the consumer wants to go.

People go to Disney because they know its brand attributes. We believe we have an opportunity to go with our content directly to consumers.

Keeping it simple for the consumer is incredibly dire.

I'm not in the camp that believes that Netflix is going to take over the world...technology makes it impossible to have a monopoly.

Identify what all the issues are & when you find them don't hide from them.

There's sometimes a tugging feeling you get to push further when you aren't being challenged enough or when things get too comfortable.

I can't say enough how important is the spiritual lifeto know God is with you all the timegives you confidence

Energy is contagious and infectious and whether it is the good kind or the bad kind—other people feel it.

Back on the block they probably call Big Al "Fat Albert" but here in the Nam we don't insult our friends.

Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets' being second-rate.

If there is no wisdom, rationality can be very dangerous.

There is no paycheck that can equal the feeling of contentment that comes from being the person you are meant to be.

I am disgusted by the anti-Semitism of many Italians, of many Europeans.

It's the journey that matters. Learning is more important than the test. Practice well, and the games will take care of themselves.

Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can it be said that death has no dominion over them; they live, and their influence lives forever.