Not every show has to work equally well. It just has to work better than any competitor because then we can outbid for the content.

Great leaders, like Steve Jobs or Jeff Bezos, also focused on the long term.

Companies rarely die from moving too fast, and they frequently die from moving too slowly.

If you look at cable networks, they almost always start licensing content wherever they can, so they can build a subscriber base. But then they start doing their own content; it's a pretty well-trodden path.

Human entertainment will have moved on to something new. Then the ultimate challenge for us is, can we figure out what that new form of entertainment is?

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

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