I've drunk Amazon's free Diet Coke. Nothing makes more sense to me than a company trying to make bookselling into a profitable business. I'm not anti-Amazon and I'm not pro-publishers either. I'm pro-books.

What makes the most money for this business? Dead rock stars.

The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts.

A rise in the level of saving can reduce aggregate activity temporarily but only a sustained high level of saving makes it possible to have the sustained high level of business investment that contributes to the long-run growth of output.

Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business.

What today's business reality makes clear is that brands cannot survive in a society that is failing economically socially ethically and morally.

Business is always interfering with pleasure - but it makes other pleasures possible.

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid stable business.

People who have tried it tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented but a full stomach does the business quite as well and is cheaper and more easily obtained.

Of course everybody makes mistakes and we've all been young and stupid. But people need to have a sense of respect particularly in this business because hundreds of people are ready to take your place at any time. Maybe some people should think about that.