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"I only am in this business because I enjoy it. I think that is the only way to be in the business."
"Make something people want and sell that, or be someone people need and sell you."
"Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent."
"The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and to influence their actions."
"When steam first began to pump and wheels go round at so many revolutions per minute, what are called business habits were intended to make the life of man run in harmony with the steam engine, and his movement rival the train in punctuality."
"The nonessential employees, the type of workers whom remain at home when it snows, are the quickest to complain about how the talented persons of an organization behave."
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"Everybody knows things are not the same. The people running the TV end of a major vertically integrated company know how much money a successful show can make."
"The most positive step is to try to expand the employment base by making it, if not economically friendly, at least not economically disastrous, for studios to take on deficits."
"People recognize certain things, like 'D' means 'this dialogue stinks.' We're dealing with shows that are written here, shot in New York and posted back here. Accurate communication is a necessity."
"I don't think you can really make television based on what you think audiences want. You can only make stories that you like, because you have to watch it so many times."
"The threat to free television. The reason television is free is because it is a life support system for commercials. That fundamental aspect is about to change."
"People do have viewing patterns, and you disrupt those at your own peril. That's something that everybody learned after 1988. The numbers have gone down every year since that strike. Big time."
"The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in."
"I do love television. But the business is accelerating and people are not getting the chance to fail."
"I would say that if you really wished to be a working member of the community, don't go out on strike because then there's no work and no potential of work."
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