"When you're young, you look at television and think, there's a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that's not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want."

"I have a great respect for incremental improvement, and I've done that sort of thing in my life, but I've always been attracted to the more revolutionary changes. I don't know why. Because they're harder. They're much more stressful emotionally. And you usually go through a period where everybody tells you that you've completely failed."

"Strength does not come from winning, but from knowing that a single moment of clarity can change a lifetime."

"It is a profound truth that the test of character in leadership is how one behaves in moments of unvarnished power — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Strive today so that tomorrow may stand upon solid ground. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I hope to be involved in a successful movie script."

"Leadership is not a title, it is the realization that hope is the anchor of a weary soul."

"To love truly means recognizing that the canvas of tomorrow is painted with the actions of today."