Above all, in order to gain respect, you need to be true to yourself. There is no point in trying to be brutal if it's not in your nature; there is no point in trying to be suave and sophisticated if it doesn't come naturally.

I got on a high believing everything I would produce was going to sell at the rate I wanted.

During negotiations nothing is gained by attacking people's comfort zones.

Well, there's nothing I've done I'm not proud of. Making money was an interest, but it's never been my god.

I have no patience at all.

If there was a market in mass-produced portable nuclear weapons, we'd market them, too.

I don't like this young crudeness now which is supposed to be comedy on Friday nights.