“Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.”
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There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read balance sheets cannot write.
I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things harsh and real.
I was at this casino minding my own business, and this guy came up to me and said, 'You're gonna have to move, you're blocking a fire exit.' As though if there was a fire, I wasn't gonna run. If you're flammible and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit.
I think early on I knew what I was going to do and it was based a lot on familiarity but it was also because I didn't have a lot of skills. There was nothing I wanted t be. I didn't want to be a doctor. I wanted to be in show business.