In some ways, the documentary form is a kind of trap and so is societal norms.

True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.

No one is really going to help you or give you direction. In fact, the odds are against you.

A lot of people in college go astray because they choose something that doesn't really, really connect to them. And if it doesn't connect to you, you're not able to put in that 10,000 hours that people talk about. You don't have the focus. And you start off in life on the wrong foot and you never get back.

If you're meant to do something like writing and you end up going into banking or finance, your going to be miserable. You're trying to fit something into a square peg and a round hole. It's just never going to work.

Hip-hop has a feeling element, it's not just about knowing music. It's not like classical music or jazz where you can go on raw energy.

Your work is the single greatest means at your disposal for expressing your social intelligence.