In the knowledge economy everyone is a volunteer, but we have trained our managers to manage conscripts.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday's logic.

Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion, and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership.

Culture eats strategy for breakfast.

What gets measured gets managed.

The leader of the past was a person who knew how to tell. The leader of the future will be a person who knows how to ask.

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

The key to greatness is to look for people's potential and spend time developing it.

The purpose of information is not knowledge. It is being able to take the right action.

One must feel fear without allowing fear to control them.

I’ve heard that sometimes a version of you must die before another more enlightened version can be born. I think that’s true after watching the corpse of myself walk around.

I've always been drawn to Marilyn Monroe, but certain aspects of her story may be too sad to tell.

I did a complete rewrite of 650 pages in two weeks.

I think I'm incredibly self-aware to a fault.

I wanted to work in the arts. My dream come true would be to be an architectural historian and work with the royal palaces and all the fabulous art collections. But I'm not committed enough.

Picking out Vince Russo's faults could be a full-time job for somebody.

Where feelings for God are dead, worship is dead.

You can only do two things with your life: give it away or throw it away.

Creation is too grand, complex, and mysterious to be captured in a narrow creed. That is why we cherish individual freedom of belief.