We frequently applaud failure in theory, but the dirty little secret is that it makes all of us feel at least a little ashamed.

Disrupting yourself is critical to avoiding stagnation, being overtaken by low-end entrants (i.e., younger, smarter, faster workers), and fast-tracking your personal and career growth.

When you make the decision to start something new, first figure out the jobs you want to do. Then position yourself to play where no one else is playing.

The more closed your network, the more you hear the same ideas over and again, reaffirming what you already believe, while the more open your network, the more exposed you are to new ideas.

It is vital that we are equipped with the humility to understand that changing the world and keeping innovation alive require that we change ourselves.

People do not start off stupid, they grow to be stupid.

Be one with today’s adventure.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

I'm girlie in the sense that I like makeup, but I also love sports and man food.

'Little Miss Sunshine' snowballed. It was a tiny movie. We shot it in 30 days, and it was really fun to do, but it was one of those small movies that you don't hold out huge hope for.

God expects of us only what He Himself has supplied.

Films are amazing. To be a part of a movie is the greatest. It's so historic and exciting.

The road to success is not a path you find, but a trail you blaze.

It's okay to be envious - but only of the person you aspire to become.

We need new cultural scripts. Women don't say what we want, and we don't say what we don't want. Unless we're reacting to a stranger, we generally aren't great at turning down someone's advance.