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

“The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo.”

“People gravitate to what they believe to be popular... Technology is enabling even more of that.”

“Honestly, I'm interested in politics; I'm interested in giving back in some form, performing some sort of civic duty. But I'm not exploring a run for governor or senator or anything along those lines. I'm focused on running Disney.”

“I think it is important for people who are given leadership roles to assume that role immediately.”

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

“I won't speak for the entertainment industry. I speak for Disney. I've seen people in the industry come to work every morning paranoid about what the other person or other company is doing. That means you're spending time and focus on somebody else's business instead of your own.”

“There is no science in creativity. If you don't give yourself room to fail, you won't innovate.”

“If someone comes to you with, 'It's my kid's graduation,' you don't tell them, 'Sorry, you can't go to that.' You just don't do that. You figure out some other way.”

“Even though I started off being interested in news, and I spent 13 years of my career working in television sports, I always was passionate about television and movies.”

“Working hard to fulfill a dream or instinct and learning over time it doesn't work, doesn't mean a career is over and a reputation killed. When a reputation is killed, it's when failure comes as a result of loss of integrity or judgement... breaking of laws.”