When I saw the first video iPod, I thought this could have the same impact VHS/home video had on the movie business.

What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.

The heart and soul of the company is creativity and innovation.

I ride a bike and use aerobic equipment twice a week, and work out with a trainer, lifting weights.

I think it is incredibly important to be open and accessible and treat people fairly and look them in the eye and tell them what is on your mind.

People still love a good story, and I don't think that will change.

It’s in our best interest to put some of the old rules aside and create new ones and follow the consumer – what the consumer wants and where the consumer wants to go.

I think it is important for people who are given leadership roles to assume that role immediately.

People go to Disney because they know its brand attributes. We believe we have an opportunity to go with our content directly to consumers.

Keeping it simple for the consumer is incredibly dire.

I'm not in the camp that believes that Netflix is going to take over the world...technology makes it impossible to have a monopoly.

There is so much woman in many a girl and too much boy in many a man.

The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and elevated opinions.

Love is a damagemade to the heart, violence, fate thats written, Changeable by distance, Breakable by time...!

I couldn't make a real drum'n'bass or dubstep record to save my life. But I can be influenced by them in small ways.

I'm of two minds about doing any interviews these days. It seems a lot of the world is out to play gotcha with me. I guess they always go after people these days. It's sport.

I have no right to think for myself. I have no right to think at all.

America is such a nation of suppressed emotion, and when you arrive in L.A., you can smell the fear. It's the most alien country I've ever been to.

Taunting Death ... means pitting oneself against a wily enemy who cannot lose.

Success is on the same road as failure; success is just a little further down the road.

The older you get, you can be less inspired.