America, ladies and gentlemen, has done more for me financially than Britain ever has, or ever could have done.

The age of celebrity editors and monstrous staffing are over.

It's a long, slow sunset for ink-on-paper magazines, but sunsets can produce vast sums of money.

I think having a great idea is vastly overrated. I know it sounds kind of crazy and counterintuitive. I don't think it matters what the idea is, almost. You need great execution.

Great Expectations [book by Charles Dickens] has been described as "Dickens's harshest indictment of society." Which it is. After all, it's about money. About not having enough money; about the fever of the getting of money; about having too much money; about the taint of money.

I have an over-attachment to precision, which is why I've sold more magazines than any man alive.

When you come across real talent, it is sometimes worth allowing them to create the structure in which they choose to labor. In nine cases out of ten, by inviting them to take responsibility and control for a new venture, you will motivate them to do great things.