I'm a lad of the '60s. I started a magazine to try and end the Vietnam war, but it was a number of years before I had the profile, the financial resources and the time to do more.

Successful entrepreneurs don't wait for the perfect moment - they create it

As much as you need a strong personality to build a business from scratch, you also must understand the art of delegation. I have to be good at helping people run the individual businesses, and I have to be willing to step back. The company must be set up so it can continue without me.

There are some nasty, nasty incidents taking place in the world, but [it's] much better than it used to be.

There are quite a few things I've done that even I thought might have been one step too far. But if you are willing to make a fool of yourself and make people smile, as long as you do it with a sense of fun, you can get away with it.

If you find yourself stuck in the middle there is only one way to go, forward.

Lavish praise on people and people will flourish; criticize people and they'll shrivel up.