Learn as much by writing as by reading.

To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.

There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.

To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution is over because some textile manufacturers in Manchester went broke.

The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm talking about an organic computer - about biological substances that can function like a semiconductor.

The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn.

We must search out totally new ways to anchor ourselves, for all the old roots religion, nation, community, family, or profession are now shaking under the hurricane impact of the accelerative thrust.

Nobody knows the future with certainty. We can, however, identify ongoing patterns of change.

People of the future may suffer not from an absence of choice but from a paralysing surfeit of it. They may turn out to be victims of that peculiarly super-industrial dilemma: overchoice.

One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we'll need a new definition.

The great growling engine of change - technology.

Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate.

Technology feeds on itself. Technology makes more technology possible.

You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to distrust it and use your own intelligence and judgment.

Knowledge is the most democratic source of power.

I think it's a terrible shame that politics has become show business.

I didn't grow up thinking of movies as film, or art, but as movies, something to do on a Saturday afternoon.

The very reasons sometimes that you make a film are the reasons for its failure.

I'm as much a victim of the romantic myth of 'getting away' as anyone else. My head tells me it's myth, but I don't want to believe it is.

In terms of level of difficulty, it would go comedy, thriller, and then romantic drama.

I remembered myself as an unpopular and rather sad kid.

If I'm lucky, in my wildest dreams I can make a picture every three years.

My strength is with actors. I think I'm good at working with them to get the best performances, at seeing what it is that they have and that the story needs.

No country could claim to be civilized if its legal system weren't available to everyone in it.

You can't trust your memory. You change it to suit yourself.

I really think that people never go wrong by telling the truth.

Well, the wonderful thing about making movies, oddly enough, is that they're sort of highly motivated graduate studies in one or another field.

Every single art form is involved in film, in a way.

When you make a film you usually make a film about an idea.

If I want to make people moved or cry in a film, I figure out what the room looks like, what the people are wearing, what time of day it is, what the light is, how to photograph it, where to put the camera. It involves optics and costume design and set design and architecture.

I'm the kind of person that when I saw a lack of African Americans in the apparel business, that was something I set out to do, and I lead by example.

I'm a big advocate of financial intelligence.

An entrepreneur needs to know what they need, period. Then they need to find an investor who can build off whatever their weaknesses are - whether that's through money, strategic partnerships or knowledge.

I value an entrepreneur I can get behind and trust, because I know they are attempting to move forward in life.

Good grooming is integral and impeccable style is a must. If you don't look the part, no one will want to give you time or money.

As an entrepreneur, you never stop learning.

It's a good time to be in the content business though, the branded content business.

Working hard to fulfill a dream or instinct and learning over time it doesn't work, doesn't mean a career is over and a reputation killed. When a reputation is killed, it's when failure comes as a result of loss of integrity or judgement... breaking of laws.

I have tremendous brand experience. What I do a lot for Disney is manage the great brands of this company, whether it's Disney, ESPN, ABC, Pixar, Marvel, 'Star Wars.' And I'm very engaged in technology and its impact on the consumer, either what experience you deliver for them or how to market and sell to them.

You can't allow tradition to get in the way of innovation. There's a need to respect the past, but it's a mistake to revere your past.

Success can breed all kinds of other behavior and cause companies to behave a certain way that isn't necessarily the ingredients for achieving more success. For instance, with success comes arrogance, and that's typically the death of success.

There is no science in creativity. If you don't give yourself room to fail, you won't innovate.

I'm committed to increasing long-term value for shareholders and am confident we will continue to do so through the successful execution of our core strategic priorities: the creation of high quality, branded content and experiences, the use of technology, and creating growth in numerous and exciting international markets.

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

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

If someone comes to you with, 'It's my kid's graduation,' you don't tell them, 'Sorry, you can't go to that.' You just don't do that. You figure out some other way.

Even though I started off being interested in news, and I spent 13 years of my career working in television sports, I always was passionate about television and movies.

I have always maintained that society has no business dictating morality.

I don't trust anybody who didn't inhale.

The word courage - God, I love that word. Words are so important to me.