Give me an entrepreneur with a lot of courage, gusto and who iterates rapidly, and I will back that person day in and day out.

In a downturn, aggressive PR and communications strategy is key.

A tremendous chief executive in a small market will never be great. All great companies start with great markets.

Crystal-clear thinking is one of the things we look for - not a fancy slide pitch, but crystal-clear thinking.

I was working on boats as a teenager, sweating like a pig during a summer job.

Be incredibly, ruthlessly selfish with your equity.

The venture industry is both quite vibrant and quite competitive.

Guys like me on the investor side are a dime a dozen.

One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.

Don't ruin the present with the ruined past.

No amount of violence you've done to others prepares you for violence done to yourself.

Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee, Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee.

I'm not really a career person; I'm a gardener, basically.

When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.

You could pray all you want that you have a massive stroke while you're working and die, but possibly that won't happen, and you'll be in this bed, and somebody's going to have to clean you up.

We learn most not from all of the things that go right. We learn most when everything goes wrong.

I'd actually rather have a talk show in Australia than even America; I hope I do end up with a talk show.

Talent alone is not enough. I believe that a really good gymnast is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.