The best books come from someplace deep inside. . . . Become emotionally involved. If you don't care about your characters, your readers won't either.
The inability to delegate is one of the biggest problems I see with managers at all levels.
Charity is just writing checks and not being engaged. Philanthropy, to me, is being engaged, not only with your resources but getting people and yourself really involved and doing things that haven't been done before.
Civilizations are not remembered by their business people, their bankers or lawyers. They're remembered by the arts.
Contemporary art challenges us. . it broadens our horizons. It asks us to think beyond the limits of conventional wisdom.
To me, money is a means to do good. I reached a point in my life where I had enjoyed tremendous business success that afforded my family everything we could possibly want. My wife and I then decided that we could use our wealth to make a difference. So we created the Broad Foundations to do four things: to improve urban public education, to support innovative scientific and medical research, to foster art appreciation for audiences worldwide and to support civic initiatives in Los Angeles.
If someone can't give me a good reason why you can't do something, I find a way to do it.
I'm content where I am. I know I am going to be a Cowboy for life.
I wouldn't, a little bit frightened but throughout my life I'd learnt that when you're in the serious situations, you've got to try to stay calm. Because that's the way you get out of them.
I hate doubt, yet I am certain that doubt is the only way to approach anything worth believing in.
I love everybody. My heart's open to everybody.