I love making things, like software, and films, and laughter. And working with Gus Silber, to make the Funny Business book, has been a fantastic journey.

Today, where you come from seems less and less important, as globalization is the new order. I prefer the old world.

As all entrepreneurs will say, "surround yourself with good people". That is the hardest thing : finding good people.

An entrepreneur needs to have values. Values that are wholesome.

There are differences in the businesses themselves, but the fundamentals are the same: give customers a good experience, charge them a reasonable price, listen to them, and treat them with respect.

Creating art (music, books, films, etc.) can be beautiful and liberating, but trying to sell art, well, that is the movie business. There are few winners, and lots and lots of losers.

Entrepreneurs need to listen. They don't need to be good listeners (although it can only help) but they need to know when to listen.

When things go right (and they go right a lot - you just got to keep trying) there is nothing to really laugh about.

Business is full of pain and hardship and with that, laughter and release.

Obsession makes my life bad and my work good.

Don't take yourself too seriously - learn to laugh. Hire slowly and fire fast. And the most important thing is: you never invest in ideas, only in people!

Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle.

Everything in nature acts in conformity with law.

It's not enough to attend church and pray every Sunday; you have to act.

I like to praise and reward in a loud voice and to scold in a whisper.

Sometimes words are not enough. There are some circumstances so utterly wretched that I cannot describe them in sentences or paragraphs or even a whole series of books.

We shouldn't have been in Iraq, but HillaryClinton did vote for it. We shouldn't have been in Iraq, but once we were in Iraq, we should have never left the way.

Gas stations are considering hiring security guards. Why are they getting security guards? We're the ones getting robbed.

Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence.

If you think you are working hard, you can work harder. If you think you are doing enough, there is more that you can do. No one really ever exhausts his full potential.

At most, you will live a hundred years on earth, but you will spend forever in eternity.