I started off wanting very much to be a newscaster.

What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.

The heart and soul of the company is creativity and innovation.

I ride a bike and use aerobic equipment twice a week, and work out with a trainer, lifting weights.

I think it is incredibly important to be open and accessible and treat people fairly and look them in the eye and tell them what is on your mind.

People still love a good story, and I don't think that will change.

It’s in our best interest to put some of the old rules aside and create new ones and follow the consumer – what the consumer wants and where the consumer wants to go.

I think it is important for people who are given leadership roles to assume that role immediately.

People go to Disney because they know its brand attributes. We believe we have an opportunity to go with our content directly to consumers.

Keeping it simple for the consumer is incredibly dire.

I'm not in the camp that believes that Netflix is going to take over the world...technology makes it impossible to have a monopoly.

Happiness isn't a thing. You can't go out and get it like a cup of tea. It's the way you feel about things.

They knew many things but had no idea why. And strangely this made them more, rather than less, certain that they were right.

The power of knowledge is so great and forceful, if only we knew.

It was part of his nature to extenuate nothing and live on as one of his own worst accusers.

I don't play nostalgia acts. I don't play nostalgia shows.

I always thought happiness was a choice and I always chose things that made me happy, and books were one of those.

I don't have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.

Interesting is when one can produce a picture that is pretty, but with undercurrents. The metaphor that comes to mind is in the poems of Robert Frost.

People are always talking on their phones, or looking at their phones, because they don't want to be alone with their thoughts.

Craft' gets a bad rap. Mediocre art is not caused by craft; it is caused by artists. Good art employs whatever craft works best.