I think most entrepreneurs would refer to themselves as "accidental". No one looks for stress and pain. You stumble on to it.

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!

...you are my Lady of Shalott lost in a dream of isolation - I care too much for you - I romanticize depression...

Now memories have an unusual way of coming back to you in the middle of a day.

The clothes make the man.

Trust me, I have never written a speech in my life, and if I have my way, I never will.

Aristippus being asked what were the most necessary things for well-born boys to learn, said, "Those things which they will put in practice when they become men.

Be not afraid of absurdity; do not shrink from the fantastic. Within a dilemma, choose the most unheard-of, the most dangerous solution. Be brave, be brave.

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death.

There was a huge difference between dislike and disregard.

Throughout my life, my greatest benefactors have been my dreams and my travels; very few men, living or dead, have helped me in my struggle.

If the way of heaven be narrow, it is not long; and if the gate be straight, it opens into endless life.