"In day-to-day commerce, television is not so much interested in the business of communications as in the business of delivering audiences to advertisers. People are the merchandise, not the shows. The shows are merely the bait."

"Your ability to communicate is an important tool in your pursuit of your goals, whether it is with your family, your co-workers or your clients and customers."

"When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let your reason get you back up."

"Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours."

"I think they should have movies in restaurants. I can't believe that so many people get together just to sit there. It's so abstract... isn't it abstract? What are these people sitting here watching?"

"I think that the romantic impulse is in all of us and that sometimes we live it for a short time, but it's not part of a sensible way of living. It's a heroic path and it generally ends dangerously. I treasure it in the sense that I believe it's a path of great courage. It can also be the path of the foolhardy and the compulsive."

"My mom brought me up to believe that my talent is a gift and a blessing."

"Believe me, the secret of the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment of existence is: to live dangerously!"