I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive.

It's show business. No show, no business.

The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in.

I get bored with establishing shots of people getting out of cars and walking into buildings, getting into elevators and then 45 seconds later they have a line.

It was like in Samoa when they'd put up a movie screen on the beach and show movies and the locals would run behind the sheet to see where the people went. It was pretty grim.

And the consumer doesn't care. They don't watch networks, they watch TV shows.

I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible.

People recognize certain things, like 'D' means 'this dialogue stinks.' We're dealing with shows that are written here, shot in New York and posted back here. Accurate communication is a necessity.

Advertising is the art of the tiny. You have to tell a complete a story and deliver a complete message in a very encapsulated form. It disciplines you to cut away extraneous information.

I was raised not to be rude, but I also try to get the best work out of people.

The threat to free television. The reason television is free is because it is a life support system for commercials. That fundamental aspect is about to change.

To become God (Khuda) one does not need weapons. One needs to recognize his [True] Self (Khud). The one who knows one’s own Self (khud), is God (khuda).

May hope rise within you. May peace wash over you.

The moment there's a foreigner in a film it gives a novelty to the script. We make regional films and we need to hype our films.

The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence.

I'm not a make-up person, but I love wearable products that are easy to use, with fun packaging

I am the Ayatollah of rock 'n' rolla

I grew up in a Navy family.

Thou cannot stir a flower Without troubling a star.

Music was my coping mechanism. I could place myself outside my body. It humbles you.

There's no hope of me becoming completely relaxed on stage. If I did, I'd sit down and doze off.