Management is not a science, it is an art.

We cannot escape that Hollywood is in the middle of a wave of technological change. The current angst over all the implications of new entertainment technology is nothing new.

It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime.

The movie business has always been like the wild-catting oil business. Everyone wants a gusher.

We have no obligation to make history. We have no obligation to make art. We have no obligation to make a statement. To make money is our only objective.

There's no good idea that cannot be improved on.

A brand is a living entity-and it is enriched or undermined cumulatively over time, the product of a thousand small gestures.

To punish failure is yet another way to encourage mediocrity.

Fear of failure is a far worse condition than failure itself, because it kills off possibilities.

You either play by the rules, change the rules, or get out, altogether.

Recovering from failure is often easier than building from success.

God is my refuge.

Substance of your belief has nothing to do with the size of the book you use or how often you open it.

Those who don't know must learn from those who do.

An army is a miniature of the society which produces it.

Should I abide by the rules until they're changed, or help speed the change by breaking them?

Benjamin Netanyahu is a fascinating figure.We say Nixonian about a lot of people. He really is Nixonian. He's brilliant. He's very isolated and insular.

You can't be funny for funny's sake. You try to get as outrageous situation as you can but it always has to be believable and based in real character motivations and what people would really do.

The Englishman, be it noted, seldom resorts to violence; when he is sufficiently goaded he simply opens up, like the oyster, and devours his adversary.

I'd make people say 'use Fork;' if I thought I could get away with it.

We all have wings, but it is up to each one of us to have the courage to fly