"The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like box tops - is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process."

"A hungry man is not a free man."

"It is often easier to fight for principles than to live up to them."

"Do you know the difference between a beautiful woman and a charming one? A beauty is a woman you notice, a charmer is one who notices you."

"The real killers in the business world aren't the ones who aim for the top, it's the ones who aim for two notches below the top."

"All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness."

"There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch."

"These days I'm mostly familiar with two parts of L.A.: one is movie culture, and the other is Asian culture. The Westside is work, and the Eastside is Chinese - which means my friends."