The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.

The key to success for Sony, and to everything in business, science and technology for that matter, is never to follow the others.

"All that was created during the six days of creation requires improvement" (Genesis Rabbah 11:6). Jews understand this to mean that God left the world unfinished, inviting humans to be partners in creation. The role of humans is to improve and perfect God's creations through creation and innovation.

You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. Sadly, too often creativity is smothered rather than nurtured.

People who want to write either do it or they don't. At last I began to say that my most important talent - or habit - was persistence. Without it, I would have given up writing long before I finished my first novel. It's amazing what we can do if we simply refuse to give up.

I don't go by the rule book. I lead from the heart, not the head.