My mantra is: Realize you're going to fail all the time, and accept it. That doesn't mean I'm not frightened of it.

In Botswana in the Kalahari Desert there's a tented camp called Jack's Camp, which is like old Africa meets Ralph Lauren. The Oriental rugs, the old leather chairs - you feel like you've just jumped out of a Ralph Lauren ad.

Whether it is the cavemen in the caves thousands of years ago, Shakespeare plays, television, movies and books, stories and characters take us on a journey. All I do is tell those stories without scripts and without actors.

My mantra is: Realize you're going to fail all the time, and accept it. That doesn't mean I'm not frightened of it.

There's nothing like biting off more than you can chew, and then chewing anyway.

As the show's executive producer, I envisioned something akin to "Gilligan's Island" meets Lord of the Flies meets Ten Little Indians mets "The Real World." "Survivor" marks a return to a core element of adventure: staying alive.

Attitude produces character, and character produces hope.