The CEO is, by far, the most important decision for a company... The company is going to rise and fall with the CEO.

Some people get rich studying artificial intelligence. Me, I make money studying natural stupidity.

When friends and acquaintances are telling you [that] you are a genius, before you accept their opinion, take a moment to remember what you always thought of their opinions in the past.

A great company in the media business needs visionary leaders, not a conglomerate structure headquartered in Columbus Circle that second guesses.

In life and business, there are two cardinal sins. The first is to act precipitously without thought and the second is to not act at all.

You learn in this business.. If you want a friend, get a dog.

When most investors, including the pros, all agree on something, they're usually wrong.

Don't confuse luck with skill when judging others, and especially when judging yourself.

We want these assets to be productive. We buy them. We own them. To say we care only about the short term is wrong. What I care about is seeing these assets in the best hands

I enjoy the hunt much more than the “good life” after the victory.

Everything I have is for sale, except for my kids and possibly my wife.

Oh deep winter snow, pale executioner, thou who delights in a slow, torturous death.

Is a hippopotamus a hippopotamus, or just a really cool Opotamus?

My country's main exports are stolen cars and sadness.

George Lopez does so much mugging, I'm surprised he's not up on charges.

What sustains me is to be with my family and to write.

I love life. I'm fascinated by human behavior because that feeds back into my work.

I tried to control the narrative.

I wish my friends at William Morris Endeavor all the best.

We must be compelled to hold this doctrine to be false, and the old and new law called the Old and New Testament, to be impositions, fables and forgeries.