“The heart and soul of the company is creativity and innovation.”

Netflix, Amazon, iTunes – whatever platforms emerge – we are looking at as having the same potential that home video had for the movie business.

People go to Disney because they know its brand attributes. We believe we have an opportunity to go with our content directly to consumers.

I think it is incredibly important to be open and accessible and treat people fairly and look them in the eye and tell them what is on your mind.

If we give people the ability to buy a lot more because they can store a lot more, for a company that creates TV shows and movies, that’s fantastic.

Identify what all the issues are & when you find them don’t hide from them.

And it’s only the beginning of a new era of exceptional Star Wars storytelling; next year we’ll release our first standalone movie based on these characters, followed by Star Wars: Episode VIII in 2017, and we’ll finish this trilogy with Episode IX in 2019.

What I’ve really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.

I had worked at Disney since they bought the company that I had worked for, ABC in the mid-90s.

Keeping it simple for the consumer is incredibly dire.

I have a fondness for jazz, particularly for jazz singers, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald all the way through the Sinatra era.

In the abstract art of cooking, ingredients trump appliances, passion supersedes expertise, creativity triumphs over technique, spontaneity inspires invention, and wine makes even the worst culinary disaster taste delicious.

Get punctual, bring energy and creativity to your work, and stay with a project until it’s completed (and then double-check the results). These habits will make you indispensable.

Bugs Bunny is my muse.

I know that education is all about discipline and motivation. Disadvantaged students need extra attention, a stable school environment, and enough teacher creativity to stimulate their imaginations. Those things are not expensive.

Yao Ming is the best thing to happen to the NBA in a long time. He is just a beautiful person inside and out. The vision, the creativity, the gentleness of spirit … he has it all.

I’ve been collecting since college, .. When we’re children, we’re taught to draw in the lines, use certain colors.

We had other currencies that we could find work in – the currencies of movements: passion, spirit, creativity.

In this art, the talent and the creativity we had as children hasn’t been squashed. The early stuff is still there.