The vision of extraordinary achievement is,by definition, a few steps beyond consensus and conventional logic

It's not about ideas. It's about making ideas happen.

Success Corrupts and Limits Potential as Soon as You Start to Think You Could Do It Alone.

When 99% of people doubt your idea, you're either gravely wrong or about to make history.

Creativity is, quite simply, a genuine interest combined with initiative.

It's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that really matter.

Perspiration is the best form of differentiation, especially in the creative world.

The fact that time is ticking should motivate you to take action on your ideas.

A labor of love always pays off.

An idea can only become a reality once it is broken down into organized, actionable elements.

To envision what will be, you must remove yourself from the constant concern for what already is.

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.

If you reject feedback, you also reject the choice of acting in a way that may bring you abundant success.

Audiences change because life changes. Countries change geographically, climatically, socially and morally. Many things happen, and cinema, in a sense, reflects what's happening in the world.

I think the real risk comes in being willing to try to be authentic.

If we're going to be authentic in our leadership, we will have to be willing to serve, and we have to be willing to suffer.

I'm feeling better than anybody expected me to so I'm still maintaining a pretty normal schedule, I'd say.

A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him.

The economic picture in the States today doesn't allow for jazz concerts in a tour fashion. People now are too used to the Festival, which gives them more names for the same price.

I've worked with everyone from Ice Cube to Snoop Dogg ... right across to working with pop stars like Justin Timberlake. Why those artists came to me is because they wanted my sound.