The only possible effect one can have on the world is through unpopular ideas.
I have been constantly telling people to encourage people, to question the unquestioned and not to be ashamed to bring up new ideas, new processes to get things done.
I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years, and have stolen untold excellent ideas from its programming.
Urban areas tend to attract members of the 'knowledge class' - people who work with ideas, data, information.
When a dish really hits a nerve with the American palate, it can really take off across the entire country, facilitated by food vendors' freedom to copy good ideas.
In Korea, the director is on top, and the power flows down vertically. On the set, I love to come up with ideas on the spot. But in Hollywood, if I were to come up with a certain idea on set, the idea had to be taken to all these different people who had to agree.
It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.
I don't think anything changes until ideas change. The usual American viewpoint is to believe that something is wrong with the person.
I know very little about the viral, electronic world, but I use Twitter to communicate not only information that I think some of the fans want to hear about but also ideas.
We need a visionary leader with very big and bold ideas. This is a very big, very bold country.
Try out your ideas by visualizing them in action.
I have more of a vivid imagination than I have talent. I cook up ideas. It's just a characteristic.
The person who I admire most in business is Warren Buffett. He is a long-term investor and has brilliant ideas, and he sticks to them.
The mania is like wasps under the skin, like my head's going to explode with ideas.
Companies like YouTube will continue to be tested on their commitment to the mission that made them such popular and profitable websites - providing an open platform to a wide range of ideas from around the world.
There's an admirable belief about the virtues of meritocracy - that the best ideas prove the best results. It's a wrong and misguided belief by well-intentioned people.
I think it's motivating and exalting when we defend ideas that are at the foundation of western civilization.
I only have one idea, that is WhatsApp, and I am going to continue to focus on that. I have no plans to build any other ideas.
It's like these ideas, these characters, kind of bubble up inside me, and one day they're not there, and the next day they are there. They're alive, and they're whispering in my head and all that stuff, and I want to write about those things.
I like working really fast. The best ideas are the first ones that come into your head - so why bother thinking of any more?
