I've always thought if we don't want to enforce laws on the books, we should remove them from the books. But when you have laws, you breed contempt if you don't enforce them.

Being an entrepreneur isn't really about starting a business. It's a way of looking at the world: seeing opportunity where others see obstacles, taking risks when others take refuge.

Don't be afraid to assert yourself, have confidence in your abilities and don't let the bastards get you down.

You must first be willing to fail — and you must have the courage to go for it anyway.

If you don't encounter setbacks in your career, if you don't have doubts and disappointments , let me tell you, you're not dreaming big enough.

I've always respected those who tried to change the world for the better, rather than just complain about it.

Progress is not inevitable. It's up to us to create it.

And because no matter who you are, if you believe in yourself and your dream, New York will always be the place for you.

Life is too short to spend your time avoiding failure.

If someone tells me they skied all day and never fell down, I tell them to find another mountain.

Entrepreneurship is having an idea to do something great and not entirely have a plan on how to do it but the drive and will power to make it work

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Taking care of your thoughts is at least as important as taking care of your body - if not even more important.

In fact, I think new media is going to make a big difference with injecting more people of color into Hollywood and non-Hollywood.

The first law of humanity is not to kill your children.

All art is the struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous.

When a man loves a woman, periodically he needs to pull away before he can get closer.

You won’t be famous until people start saying the worst things they can about you. Don’t worry! It’s a good sign!

I think it's a fantastic thing to be alive.

Who is everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.

In that he didn't die at the finish line, he could have run faster