In all things — except love — start with the exit strategy. Prepare for the ending. Almost anything is easier to get into than out of.

Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.

We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way.

In business, you have to be willing to take risks, but they must be calculated risks.

Doing the best at this moment puts in the best place for the next moment.

I will keep creating art until the day I die.

Entrepreneurship should choose challenging things to stimulate one's potential.