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I measure success in terms of the connection with the audience, which we've been able to do in spades. I mean, it's very hard to do that. You think about it, you go back in time, you can say, 'Well, there's, like, 'Saturday Night Live' and 'Rolling Stone' or 'MTV.' I think 'Vice' is in that category now.

I've spent a lot of time thinking about what the audience would want. That's my job, is to anticipate ahead of the audience.

You've got to keep your finger on the pulse of what your audience is thinking, and know what they'll accept from you.

You can't really tell what the audience wants but you can tell what will keep everybodies attention in the same place.

There's nothing more instructive than the immediate response of an audience.

When you're working in front of an audience, you have incentive to excel.

You instinctively discover how to entertain an audience.

You can't second-guess your audience. You can only do what you think is right. If you do that, your audience will appreciate you.

I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.

The key is to constantly keep the audience surprised. If they feel like something is going to happen, or they think from an educational standpoint that something is about to happen because of all the moving parts, it is your job to break that expectation and show the audience something different.