No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail for being in a ship is being in a jail with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room better food and commonly better company.

Every major food company now has an organic division. There's more capital going into organic agriculture than ever before.

We wanted Nike to be the world's best sports and fitness company. Once you say that you have a focus. You don't end up making wing tips or sponsoring the next Rolling Stones world tour.

I now work for a finance company in Luxembourg with projects in South America and the Caribbean.

If it isn't the sheriff it's the finance company I've got more attachments on me than a vacuum cleaner.

The record company's worst fear is that you'll fall in love or get rich.

A company is stronger if it is bound by love rather than by fear.

In the company of the accomplished people hope it will rub off on themselves in the company of the misfortunate they fear it!

The first syndicating I tried was when two partners and I created a production company in 1952. We wanted to syndicate famous Bible stories and sell them for $25 a show.

I know I had my equivalents in Adrian Lester and Lenny James when I was at drama school. I remember David Harewood doing 'Othello' at the National and Adrian Lester having done Cheek by Jowl's famous 'As You Like It and Company' at the Donmar. Not necessarily performances I saw but just the fact they happened was massively encouraging.