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

My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.

My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.

You can't win on innovation unless you have a way to communicate it to customers.

Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they were able to connect experiences they've had and synthesize new things.

I don't view wealth as something that validates my intelligence.

You have to be burning with "an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right." If you're not passionate enough from the start, you'll never stick it out.