ROBERT IGER

If you don't innovate, you die. It's that simple in the entertainment business.

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

Optimism is a very important part of leadership. People don't want to follow a pessimist.

When you acquire a creative company, the worst thing you can do is impose corporate culture on it.

Steve Jobs told me the key to success is hiring people smarter than you and then getting out of their way.

I started at ABC making $150 a week. Every job I've had was earned, not given.