I'm uncomfortable when I'm comfortable. I have to start something new-in the agency or in my personal life-every two years or so. Taking risks gives me energy. I can't help it, it's my personality. I'd like to think it's not really a compulsion toward high risks, but the spirit of an entrepreneur.

My real talent was for losing clients.

It's very fascinating, it's very addictive, and it's incredibly challenging. You're never satisfied. It's kind of like advertising. You're never satisfied

Outside of advertising, the person who's influenced me most is quite possibly Frank Gehry.

Transferring successfully to the next generation means producing work that's as good as or better than the work of the first generation that founded the agency.

How big can we get before we get bad?

In the '20s they were telling us wed all have our own private plane and take vacations to the moon.