There are exceptions of course, but most companies start with a great idea - not a pivot.

No matter what you choose, build stuff and be around smart people.

You can create value with breakthrough innovation, incremental refinement, or complex coordination. Great companies often do two of these. The very best companies do all three.

Founders are usually very stingy with equity to employees and very generous with equity to investors. I think this is totally backwards.

Obsess about the quality of the product.

In general don't start a startup you're not willing to work on for ten years.

Everyone starting a startup for the first time is scared, and everyone feels like a bit of an imposter.

No growth hack, brilliant marketing idea, or sales team can save you long term if you don't have a sufficiently good product.

You have to be decisive. Indecisiveness is a startup killer.

Execution gets divided into two key questions: 1) can you figure out what to do and 2) can you get it done.

If you don't need it yourself, and you're building something that someone else needs, realize you're at a big disadvantage.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.Be cheerful.Strive to be happy.

Feeling uncomfortable is the first step towards growth.

When you start working on a series, it's almost too much work. It's like a movie a week.

I didn't do too much. I came here (to The Magic Castle) and learned about magic. I read a book, but not his father's book. Sorry about that.

It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time.

Things change. Nothing ever stays the same, yo. You ain't never gonna stay 25 or 30 or 40. You always gonna change. Every day you change.

Minds, like parachutes, work only when open.

Having a baby is like a DUI from the universe.

Some people even went off to form another band, Power Station.

Go ahead and do the impossible. It's worth the look on the faces of those who said you couldn't.