There's a lot of young guys coming along, but I'd like to say to the various financiers, don't forget the senior guys. The senior guys and gals are there, willing to do their best work for you.

Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives.

I think it is more important to tell a story rather than follow any trend; that is a less bold way to go. If you do that [follow trends] you are just trying to ride on the coat tails of someone else's success.

I don't really get into a big intellectual analysis of why I am going to do a certain script or not.

I've always told my son Scott the same thing: Don't rush into anything, because there's gonna be a lot of fish in the sea. You can be one of the people that's lucky enough not to become a loser two and three and four times over like people do, just by being a little more patient.

Libertarian: everyone leaves everyone else alone