The path between intention to watch a movie and the purchase of a ticket - I want to make it as short as possible. The holy grail is Amazon One Click. One tap and I own it.

One thing you learn from surfing is how to operate in the present. It's really what the surfing experience is all about.

Everyone gets caught inside when surfing. You have 2 options. Give up or paddle outside. Life is the same. Keep paddling!

I think I'm getting wealthy in ways that don't count at the bank.

Waves keep coming, that's the one thing you can count on in life

The first time you get a ride on a surf board and you are being propelled along by a wave, it’s probably as close as humans can get to being able to fly like a bird

Surfing is a deeply wonderful thing – anytime, anywhere and any way

Surfing is attitude dancing.

It's a cakewalk, when you know how.

What gods do you pray to?

If we can use technology to shorten the path between intention and action, that excites me.

Every morning you have two choices

Sometimes a woman needs a man for company, no matter how useless he is.

Laird suffered second degree burns ...in the frank and beans area, if you know what I mean." Trent winced. That must have been one hell of a breakup.

In the case of Tori Spelling, there were two apology emails.

When people feel criticized, they almost always defend the behavior you want them to change.

There’s no need for us to be held back by the past or how things have been so far. The important thing is what seeds we are sowing now for the future.

The best change that comes to the world is when all parties are seeing each other as equal, and all parties have the opportunity to be transformed. That really goes back to the idea of dignity.

If I stop to think about fans, or best-selling, or not best-selling, or good reviews, or not-good reviews, it just becomes too much. It's like staring at the mirror all day.

I believe that I am guided by chance encounters. I believe in the miracle of chance encounters.

I liked to play dress-up.