I learned the value of focus. I learned it is better to do one product well than two products in a mediocre way.

Be brutally honest about the short term and optimistic and confident about the long term.

I'm an HBO subscriber, and I watch a bunch of great shows on HBO.

Fibre optic is becoming like electricity. If you look at how electricity spread around the globe 100 years ago, that's what's happening now.

I hate the photo shoots. I hate all that stuff.

Interactivity is a big part of video games, which have been a big part of entertainment for 20 years. That's what we think of as a 'lean-forward' type of entertainment. It's much more intense. But TV is more of a 'lean-back' entertainment - so the big improvement there is on-demand, because it conforms to your schedule.

Don’t get distracted by the shiny object [and if a crisis comes], execute on the fundamentals.