A great company in the media business needs visionary leaders, not a conglomerate structure headquartered in Columbus Circle that second guesses.

A lot of people died fighting tyranny. The least I can do is vote against it.

Too often it's not the most creative guys or the smartest. Instead, it's the ones who are best at playing politics and soft-soaping their bosses. Boards don't like tough, abrasive guys.

The CEO is, by far, the most important decision for a company... The company is going to rise and fall with the CEO.

And I'm convinced, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that you can work with the unions because the unions want to survive. If they are confronted simply with the question: "Do you want this company to survive or do you want it to be broken up?" they will listen. It's their livelihood.

We have bloated bureaucracies in Corporate America. The root of the problem is the absence of real corporate democracy.

I'm no robin hood, I enjoy making the money.