If you have poor management that's not doing the right job, you end up with unions filling the void and... page after page of work rules and thicker and thicker contracts.

People don't know I've got a deep social conscience. I'm a child of the Depression, born in 1933. My parents were very liberal in their social views.

The first dream I had was just to get a college education. I got through college in three years, taking extra classes in summer school.

I don't think it makes any sense for an individual to invest in common stocks unless they know the company, work at the company, and so on.

Unfortunately, the boards of art institutions tend to be populated with well-meaning supporters of the arts who often lack any business background or appetite for imposing appropriate discipline.

I don't want to be in the film business. I'm not even sure it's a business.

Who you spend your life with-much more so than how you choose to spend it-is the most important decision you can make. Do it right. That's the best advice I can give you.