Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe.

Opportunity does not knock. You have to find it

At the time we acquired Viacom, everyone said I had overpaid. But even at today's depressed prices, that investment is worth billions. Everyone was saying MTV was a fad. I knew better.

I love Viacom. I love CBS. And so I don't want to die. I have a will to live. The same will to win that I've always had. And — I'm gonna fight death as long as I can. I like it here. I don't want to go anywhere else.

To have big success, you must have big dreams, and you must be willing to take a chance.

The explosion was good. It sent a message to the rest of the world that the time of the big star getting all this money is over. And it is! I would like to think that what I did, or what we did, has had a salutary effect on the rest of the industry.

We don't think that someone who effectuates creative suicide and costs the company revenue should be on the lot.