I grew up Jewish. I am Jewish. I went to an Episcopal high school. I went to a Baptist college. I've taken every comparative-religion course that was available. God? I have no idea.

We have no obligation to make history. We have no obligation to make art. We have no obligation to make a statement. To make money is our only objective.

Recovering from failure is often easier than building from success.

Creativity can flourish within sensible financial limitations.

Failure is good as long as it does not become a habit.

User-generated content is not done by professionals. The best user-generated content eventually becomes those people gravitated in the professional world.

We cannot escape that Hollywood is in the middle of a wave of technological change. The current angst over all the implications of new entertainment technology is nothing new.