Ive spent over 25 years in the television industry, the direct response industry. I met a lot of people and certainly learned the power of commercials and their brand building potential.

Nothing turns off an investor more than when an entrepreneur comes in with a ridiculous valuation.

I understand that finance can be very complex.

You only stay in front by coming up with ideas your new competitors haven't thought of yet.

When I was starting out, being a young entrepreneur was not fashionable. Parents would ask, 'When are you going to get a real job?'

Being born into poverty does not mean you are condemned to spend the rest of your life in poverty.

One of the big problems entrepreneurs run into is they get too comfortable.

By definition startups usually do not turn a profit.

Reality TV is a totally different animal than the infomercial world.

People must be realistic when evaluating their business.

It's always seemed to me that flirtation is a man's device for avoiding responsibility. He can say whatever he wants and knows he won't be taken seriously.

Anything is better than stagnation.

I don't go in for ancient wisdomI don't believe just 'cos ideas are tenacious it means they're worthy

The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states Israel, Athens, Florence, Elizabethan England.

There are a lot of people out there who think that I am their worst enemy, and I don't even care if these people exist

I am proud to tell Hollywood that I am a Christian. For the first time I am now free to be myself.

I don't know if I am free because I am happy or happy because I am free.

Eventually, I told myself not to expect anything from him, and as a result it has gotten easier for me to take what comes.

Suspicion is like the rain. It falls on the just and on the unjust.

How do you hold down government spending?