I was an executive running a pretty substantial group before becoming CEO, and I had no idea what it was like. When something goes wrong, people say, 'It's all your fault.' Your reaction is, 'It's not my fault.' But what do you mean? I was the founder, I hired everybody in the company, I was managing it.

  • -- Ben Horowitz 本·霍罗威茨

在成为首席执行官之前,我是一名管理着一个相当庞大团队的高管,我不知道那是什么感觉。当出现问题时,人们会说,‘都是你的错。你的反应是,这不是我的错。“你这话是什么意思?”我是创始人,我雇佣了公司里的每一个人,我管理公司。

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So when it was my turn to start developing projects, I knew the writers I wanted to work with, and I had met every head of studio, every executive and a lot of producers. I started finding things, little crumbs off other people's tables that I would make my own.

因此,当轮到我开始开发项目时,我认识了我想要合作的作家,也认识了每一位工作室负责人、每一位高管和许多制片人。我开始从别人的桌子上找东西,然后自己动手做。

I can certainly be part of the socialite group and walk those carpets every day, but I choose not to because I prefer to be grounded. You can't be at home and on the red carpet.

我当然可以成为社交圈的一员,每天走那些地毯,但我选择不走,因为我更喜欢脚踏实地。你不能既待在家里又待在红地毯上。

Actors really are superstitious. You can always spot a group of actors at a restaurant. They're the ones spitting on their knuckles and hurling salt everywhere.

演员真的很迷信。你总能在餐馆里看到一群演员。他们在指关节上吐口水,到处撒盐。

No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right man in the right place.

行政人员所要履行的职责,没有一项比把正确的人放在正确的地方更重要的了。