The thing is, continuity of strategic direction and continuous improvement in how you do things are absolutely consistent with each other. In fact, they're mutually reinforcing.
You can be both progressive and want to get things done - they're not mutually exclusive and that's what I bring.
My self encompasses a lot of different things.
Silicon Valley tends to be very myopic - to be focused on one or two things - which has some strengths as well as weaknesses.
Twitter and Tumblr and Vine and Instagram and Facebook and Myspace, all these things are social media tools that we were all told we had to have, and what we're realizing is that, no you don't! No you don't.
There are some things people avoid saying in interviews because they sound pompous or sentimental or too mystical.
I like to say that I practice militant mysticism. I'm really absolutely sure of some things that I don't quite know.
Some things you know about, you know what the ingredients are - maybe not all of them. But it's up to you to put in the amount. It's up to the director to nag you until you get it right.
One of the things I give Nancy Pelosi a lot of credit for is that she's able to get things passed and hold her members together because she shows us that she's doing everything possible to get our views into these bills.
I read Naomi Klein's 'No Logo' when I was 15. It's one of the things that's shaped my relationship to fame - to endorsements, to selling things.
We don't market products narrowly. We market big stories about the industry, things that matter to a lot of people.
Since I started in Nascar, popularity has definitely gone up. I've become more attractive and helpful to companies that are looking for spokespersons. So from that perspective, things are going really well.
I have a lot to learn about NASCAR. But I've learned if you have the right people in the right places doing the right things, you can be successful at whatever you do.
When I started doing things on my own, I was figuring - remember, it was a very nascent market. And there was a lot that was unknown about the renewable marketplace in 2004, early 2003, when I was planning on it.
People don't yell nasty things at actors - they let them continue.
I love Natalie Portman. She worked when she was younger, and she's so talented and private. She doesn't do things that are too crazy, but she pushes the envelope enough.
A lot of the things that we've been able to do in the last several years were Democratic ideas, including the structure for this new director of national intelligence.
As we realize that more and more things have global impact, I think we're going to get people increasingly wanting to get away from a purely national interest.
I particularly like the bookshops at National Parks and battlefields; they often have very unusual and helpful things.
I have the natural ability to pick things up a lot faster than I think most people would.
