I prefer to like the people I invest in, but it's not an absolute necessity, as long as they have a good mind and I know they'll do whatever it takes to be successful.

People trust I know what I'm doing. I have lots of credibility. I've had years of learning. I know and understand my business.

Entrepreneurship is the way we take control of our lives in a tough economy.

I have an innate instinct for knowing what's going to work.

Entrepreneurs: The only people who work 80 hour weeks to avoid working 40 hour weeks.

Dear optimist, pessimist, and realist--while you guys were busy arguing about the glass of wine, I drank it! Sincerely, the opportunist!

I had a history for starting something and maybe getting halfway done. Then I'd see the same thing I was doing on the bestseller list! My ideas were right, but I hadn't done them fast enough.