I always hustled to make money and pay for school. I was never afraid of hard work.

Authenticity is really important, and sometimes thats really hard to get.

Innovation is taking two things that already exist and putting them together in a new way.

When I got fired, I had a feeling of loss because Viacom had been a passionate long-term relationship. But I got my balance back. I guess its like getting jilted by a girlfriend, a serious girlfriend. You move on.

I always imagined myself somehow as an electron around some atom, and you're just, like, bouncing around and spinning. There was a never-ending supply of places to go, people to see, things to do, and fitting it all in became kind of an art.

There's almost nothing that distracts you from your day-to-day problems more than a trip. You're totally consumed in the present, you've got new sense impressions, you've got all this stuff to digest.

Sometimes I just like the feeling of being a minority and seeing how far you can push yourself in extreme circumstances.