I thought deeply about this. I ended up concluding that the worst thing that could possibly happen as we get big and as we get a little more influence in the world is if we change our core values and start letting it slide, I can't do that. I'd rather quit.

Why would I ever want to run Disney? Wouldn't it make more sense just to sell them Pixar and retire?

Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking.

Many companies forget what it means to make great products. After initial success, sales and marketing people take over and the product people eventually make their way out.

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.

Probably death is the best invention of life.

I had been rejected, but I was still in love.