Studios and networks who ignore either shift - whether the increasing sophistication of storytelling, or the constantly shifting sands of technological advancement - will be left behind.

I feel it's a responsibility for anyone who breaks through a certain ceiling... to send the elevator back down and give others a helpful lift.

Sometimes the person who is the most logical is the person whom we call insane.

Stay true to your brand and true to your voice and audiences will respond to that authenticity with enthusiasm and passion.

People have different reasons for the way they live their lives. You cannot put everyone's reasons in the same box.

The only thing worse than a loser is someone who won't admit he played badly.

You have to always be ready, always be alive, and always be willing to move in a new direction.

I find it sad that by not talking about who I sleep with, that makes me mysterious. There was a time when I would have been called a gentleman.

Mediocrity is the elephant in the room.

We're all victims of our own hubris at times.

I think you need the failures to get the success. You learn more from that.

A strong woman builds her own world. She is one who is wise enough to know that it will attract the man she will gladly share it with.

Intelligent people, as some say, in their openness, are indeed slow to criticize, but conversely, in their openness to the concerns of others, the genuine are slow to fret about being criticized.

Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.

Some of my lowest points were the most exciting opportunities to push through to be a better person.

The more minimal the art, the more maximum the explanation.

Sometimes you want to use the music in a clarity way to explain something in the film.

If you're trying to do something different, you can't ask someone to help, because they'll want to make it not different.

Don't let the world around you defeat the belief within you.

I think Frank Mir was 100 percent underestimated and I'm really happy to see the result because I think we needed it in the heavyweight division.