I've met so many fans over the years and some have actually become friends of mine and I actually look forward to sharing my stories.
Unlike sharing, where the group is mainly an aggregate of participants, cooperating creates group identity.
It is our misfortune, as a historical generation, to live through the largest expansion in expressive capability in human history, a misfortune because abundance breaks more things than scarcity.
A firm is successful when the costs of directing employee effort are lower than the potential gain from directing.
Any system described by a power law [. . . ] has several curious effects. The first is that, by definition, most participants are below average.
One of the biggest changes in our society is the shift from prevention to reaction.
Society is not just the product of its individual members; it is also the product of its constituent groups.
The boxer's ring is the enjoyment of the part of society whose animal nature alone has been developed.
Stage fright is my worst problem.
I mean, there's obviously only one Leo [DiCaprio] but I look at guys like Mark Wahlberg and Tom Cruise and think I'd like to have that type of career. . . that would be really great if I could have that.
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Try to be a rainbow in someone else's cloud. Do not complain. Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.