I think there are only two times that I've ever ended up paying somebody their quote. Like what they actually were worth in the marketplace.

The great thing about the business is how Darwinian it is. We have to swim or die - if you are found wanting over a period of time, you've either got to change what you're doing or find something else to do.

The traditional models for success are just also disappearing.

Once I had a potentially heart attack-inducing eight double espressos in one day. I think my assistant secretly swaps my coffees for decaf as she doesn't want me to die of caffeine overdose.

I like a lot of different kinds of movies, I like a lot of different kinds of paintings.

You can create meaning where there was none, you can create feeling where there was none, you can create narrative where there was none. Two frames can be the difference between something that works and something that doesn't. It's fascinating.

All human interaction, you can break it down to incentives. All relationships, at some level, are transactional. They're fascinated with incentives.