In a period of economic downturn, the overwhelming instinct is to pare back, cut costs, and lay off. If you do that, do so with your strategy in mind. The worst mistake is to cut across the board. Instead, reconnect and recommit to a clear strategy that will distinguish yourself from others.

So companies have to be very schizophrenic. On one hand, they have to maintain continuity of strategy. But they also have to be good at continuously improving.

There's a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness.

The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.

I have worked with the biggest actors from the beginning. I am hoping God will bless me to work with other big actors.

I treated the first few books as a very long journalistic exercise. I thought of every chapter as an article that needed to be finished.

I was able to do To Sleep with Anger, a very powerful film about African Americans, their spirituality, and the things that happened within a small community and a family.

My dad died from pancreatic cancer at 54... I'm making sure I'm eating my vegetables and staying away from the red meat.