There is no Master but the Master,” he said, “and QT-1 is his prophet.
Hire people you get along with, and then let them do what they do best.
I've always been fascinated by Disneyland and Disney World, and my favorite part of the park was always Tomorrowland.
I stand by the Lost finale. It's the story that we wanted to tell, and we told it. No excuses. No apologies. I look back on it as fondly as I look back on the process of writing the whole show. And while I'll always care what you think, I can't be a slave to it anymore. Here's why: I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it. And I was really … I was alive.
Once you spend more than $100 million on a movie, you have to save the world.
I make no distinction between writing and storytelling; I've always wanted to tell stories.
I look at myself more as a storyteller than a screenwriter, as pretentious as that may sound, but that's what really attracts me to TED Talks. For me, the really effective ones are being presented by expert storytellers.
Personal mastery teaches us to choose. Choosing is a courageous act: picking the results and actions which you will make into your destiny.
Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so.
If I'd stayed at college I would have become a teacher.
Be patient. Life will offer you another chance as soon as you find calm within, for abundance is born out of calmness.