"The goal is to become HBO faster than HBO can become us."

"But as an entrepreneur you have to feel like you can jump out of an aeroplane because you're confident that you'll catch a bird flying by. It's an act of stupidity, and most entrepreneurs go splat bec…"

"The biggest risk is not taking any risk."

"We don't have a lot of rules. We have a lot of principles."

"We're not in the news business. We're not trying to do 'truth to power.' We're trying to entertain… We don't feel bad about [pulling the 'Patriot Act' episode in Saudi Arabia] at all."