In a deal, you give and take. You compromise. Then you grab the cash and catch the next train out of town.

I have no contracts with my clients; just a handshake is enough.

Anbody can make an easy deal, but only a true agent can sell a dog.

I'm not a very religious man, but I'm proud to be a Jew.

I call myself a literary agent simply to distinguish myself from actors' agents.

The whole point of having money, and working and making money, is to enjoy and spend it.

If you understand that you are not just your appearance or your physical body, you will be better equipped to handle negative feelings or imperfection regarding your outward appearance

That's the spirit! Make it chicken broth or nothing. That's putting the old foot down. If she's determined to have a nervous breakdown, the least we can do is see that she doesn't have it in peace.

Truly, Mallow yearned to know everything. Curiosity was part of her, like her short blond hair and bitten fingernails.

If you live cautiously, your friends will call you wise. You just won't move many mountains

I have blocks of time where I'm working intently on something.

I know of no better name than Anarchism.

I made 'Rio Bravo' with John Wayne. It worked out pretty well and we both liked it, so a few years later we decided to make it again. Worked out pretty good that time, too.

One incredible tool to accomplish bringing a product to the public is to put a face on TV shows, movies, and the actors in them by using good PR.

I don't think of them as teenage songs. The things that happen to you in high school are the same things that happen your entire life. You can fall in love at 60; you can get rejected at 80.