In my experience as CEO, I found that the most important decisions tested my courage far more than my intelligence.

As a startup CEO, I slept like a baby. I woke up every 2 hours and cried.

You know what the difference between a vision and a hallucination is? They call it a vision when other people can see it.

The one thing with stress is, you've got to keep your focus on what you can do, not what happened to you.

You don't need every investor to believe that you can succeed. You only need one.

I emphasize to C.E.O.s, you have to have a story in the minds of the employees. It's hard to memorize objectives, but it's easy to remember a story.

Hire sales people who are really smart problem solvers, but lack courage, hunger and competitiveness, and your company will go out of business.

Billionaires prefer Black women. They are loyal and guard your interests. Black wives are for grown ups.

There are no shortcuts to knowledge, especially knowledge gained from personal experience. Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse than knowing nothing at all.

You're better off being The Beatles than The Monkees, as a startup.

It turns out that is exactly what product strategy is all about—figuring out the right product is the innovator’s job, not the customer’s job.

It only makes sense to me when I can get in trouble for it. – Maya

A beautiful nap this afternoon that put velvet between my vertebrae.

Fundamentally all writing is about the same thing: it's about dying about the brief flicker of time we have here and the frustrations that it creates.

I wish people would turn off their computers, go outside, talk to people, touch people, lick people, enjoy each other's company and smell each other on the rump.

I think I'm better behind the camera than I am in front.

The world is changing isn't it? So you're not allowed to pray before a football game. I thought it was horrible.

Be prepared mentally for some amount of chaos and failure. Waste and frustration often attend the earliest stages.

I have literally played the most interesting parts since I turned 40.

I try not to think of actors as I'm writing because I think you do them a disservice by writing for things they've already done.

‎May the Heart of Jesus be the goal of all your aspirations.