Research – and using what you learn from it to analyze every situation – is what separates being unreasonable from being irrational.

Every artist is unreasonable, because he or she is doing something that hasn't been done before.

Who you spend your life with-much more so than how you choose to spend it-is the most important decision you can make. Do it right. That's the best advice I can give you.

The inability to delegate is one of the biggest problems I see with managers at all levels.

Philanthropy is activism.

At a time when all the other builders were selling homes with basements but without carports, we would sell homes without basements and with carports. This allowed us to provide a more appealing product at a lower price. In other words, we felt we would be giving customers greater value.

I don't want to be in the film business. I'm not even sure it's a business.