Acknowledging mistakes and learning from them are the first steps.

It was a privilege to meet Rev. Jackson, and I learned a tremendous amount from his insight.

What I've learned as we've gotten bigger is that it's really, really important for us to take all the opportunities to tell our story, because as we grow and have a bigger impact on cities, if we don't tell our story, somebody else will.

The regulatory systems in place disincentive innovation. It's intense to fight the red tape.

Happiness doesn't come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy so that you can be useful and so you can enjoy life when you are a man.

Yes, I love the glamour industry. I love the work that I've done so far. But it's not as if I have this biting ambition to be at the top.

If my career doesn't work out as a violinist, I want to become an archaeologist. I've read about paleontology, too - that's dinosaur bones - but I thought it would be more interesting to do archaeology.

Filmmaking is a business and at the bottom line people who don't make fiscally responsible decisions end up going into another line of work.