I never went to business school. I was just bumbling through a lot of my life. I was like the guy behind the curtain in The Wizard of Oz.

To be able to live and work in the United States is a privilege.

Though we had agreed on terms, GE reneged on that deal.

I’m Billy the Kid, the fastest draw. It’s not arrogance. It’s the truth.

We had hoped to be able to make enough films to be able to rationalize the cost of being our own distributor. Sadly, we were never able to make enough films to make that economically...

You have an idea of the way you think it is, and it’s not that way at all, it’s something else.

DreamWorks is going on. We are going to continue to make movies, the same number of movies as we made in past. They will be DreamWorks movies, with the same logo as before. Nothing will...

I’m not Sammy Glick. I’ve never killed anyone. I don’t have to. I’m too talented.

Anybody who thinks money will make you happy, hasn’t got money.

Broke is a Hollywood term!

In Hollywood people lie to each other and cheat each other and then go and play tennis. But I don’t want to be a tennis player.

People, when they get to that level, they always think they can do it better, … I think I could do a lot better with the L.A. Times too.

Happy is harder than money. Anybody who thinks money will make you happy hasn’t got money.

It’s easy in music to tell what’s good. It’s hard to tell what’s bad.

We had come to terms with them on price, and there were a million things that needed to be settled.

HIV infection and AIDS is growing – but so too is public apathy. We have already lost too many friends and colleagues.

It’s the perfect definition of a settlement. Both parties didn’t get what they wanted.

having his own company and doing things exactly the way he’d want and not consulting with others.

I am truly my mother’s son.

It’s very easy for me to thank everyone for the incredible contribution they’ve made to my life.

They’ve been trying to make a deal with us from the very beginning and came to us with a price that was acceptable to us, although Steven had many concerns about it. And when they...

I believe we’re all in denial about the people we love.

Move to California. Malibu is paradise.

He had been conflicted about it from the beginning. When they changed the price, he decided not to do it.

I intend to be me. Whatever that is.

My mother taught me to love my work. I learned everything about business from her.

When they tried to change the price we decided not to go forward.

I just needed a job. Before being hired as an usher at the CBS Theatre, I didn’t even know there was a show business!

Steven Spielberg and I have tremendous amounts of money.

When I was with them,

I thought I’d be a success even back in the mailroom at William Morris.

The opportunity for an entrepreneur to start a company from scratch today is abysmal.

So The Eagles had to find another drummer.

I would say that Bob Dylan is as interested in money as any person I’ve known in my life. That’s just the truth.