There is no room for dictating taste in the diverse and dynamic world of media. To limit taste only limits the role we play for people of all kinds.

The industry is littered with self-styled purists who believe the business of media.. the requirement to make a profit.. somehow corrupts the craft.

We all have to expand our capabilities to encompass the changing world, its growing diversity and, indeed, its complexity.

The self-anointed media elite among us believe, somewhat self-servingly, that not only the act, or process of making a profit is positively sinister, but also that the very desire to do so is.

Good journalism is good business practice; good business supports great journalism.

Reading messed with my brain in an unaccountable way. It made me happy

I can always make up my mind better when there's a man around, because I know the thing to do is just the opposite to what he says.

Do this exercise: Demolish the bridges of pessimism behind you. If you do this very well, you'll have no other choice than to move forward! Successful people are always optimistic!

My dad was such a great story-teller, a good teacher.

I have no acting technique I act instinctively. That's why I can't play any role that isn't based on something in my life.

Look what scares you in the face and try to understand it. Empathy is revolutionary.

Without Jimmy Dean, the Beatles never would have existed.

Charm is a glow within a woman which casts a most becoming light on others.

Leave the Irreparable Past in His hands, and step out into the Irresistible Future with Him.