Everybody believes in innovation until they see it. Then they think, 'Oh, no; that'll never work. It's too different.'

Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.

If you really want you people to innovate, buy a science fiction book, tear off the covers, and tell them it's history.

My perception is that I'm a guy who really does a lot of homework surrounding any project that I do.

In 1980, business at my company, Chuck E. Cheese's, was thriving and I was feeling flush. So I bought a very large house on the Champ de Mars in Paris, right between the Eiffel Tower and the Ecole Militaire. The home was quite amazing: At six stories, it spanned 15,000 square feet and featured marble staircases and a swimming pool in the basement.

People like secrets. Creative people really like secrets.

The true entrepreneur is a doer