This is a learning in the business life that first of all you need to have commitment, dedication and passion for what you are doing.
The stories about broadcast dying or it being overtaken by cable have stopped. Same goes for the stories about the Internet hurting our business.
To the general public, show business may just mean the artistic part, but the dollar and cents element is the reality every performer has to face.
In some of the countries where we operate, there is a tradition of corruption, in which the political elites work with business in the framework of unsavory relationships.
Writers and painters alike are in the business of consulting their own imaginations, and stimulating the imaginations of others. Together, and separately, they celebrate the absolute mystery of otherness.
Publishing is a business of relationships. The relationships you make at one house can carry over to another.
The key to competing and surviving against Wal-Mart is to focus your business into a niche or pocket where you can leverage your strengths in the local marketplace.
Often, the pressure of the business and fear of having an open position encourages us to hire people who are either not right for the job or not ready to take on the responsibility.
Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business.
Over my career, somewhere, somehow I must've made some right calls. Otherwise, I wouldn't be in business.
I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business.
I'm not desperate anymore or feeling weird about myself because I'm not working in this business. I'm older and wiser, and there's a lot more to life.
I find it so unattractive when women wear sneakers with their business suits. I wear a nice pair of loafers or low-heeled pumps, and that's that.
Companies are bought for their revenue, customer base, technology, or people. A few great companies offer all of these, but any valuable business offers one.
My show business career doesn't mean I can't write a symphony. It just means I was never asked to write one.
Hollywood is in the perception business where you create layers to create mystery. In Silicon Valley it's about taking away the layers to get to the substance.
Africa was perceived - it still is to some extent - as a place which is very difficult to do business in. I don't share that view.
Without putting the brakes on out-of-control campaign contributions from individuals and corporations - it will be business as usual, with 1 percent of Americans pulling the strings.
Obesity is a societal issue. We have to come together with government, business, civil society, and NGOs to create solutions for this.
Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the rest of the world, submerged in your obsessions and memories.
I don't need to drive. I have no business driving. I would never be able to find my keys.
