Study your strengths; then decide how hard you want to work

I'm a maniacal perfectionist. And if I weren't, I wouldn't have this company... I have proven that being a perfectionist can be profitable and admirable when creating content across the board: in television, books, newspapers, radio, videos.

The cocktail party is probably America's greatest contribution to the world of entertaining.

I haven't been to Tasmania. I haven't been to the South Pole, and I haven't been to the North Pole. I want to see the polar bear migration before there are no polar bears. I want to see Glacier National Park before the glacier melts.

It's all about new techniques -- simplifying old techniques, and consolidating steps. Making things go faster, but not worse.

I have cotton or flannel sheets, depending on the weather. They have to be ironed, and I get my bed changed nearly every day.

I'm not a sponge exactly, but I find that something I look at is a great opportunity for ideas.