David Geffen

I comfortable with everything – say whatever you want.

I’m a great believer in anything that makes you 1 percent better. So I try everything. Freudian. Jungian. Est. Life Spring. Course in Miracles. Twelve Steps. I have pain from time to time. I have joy from time to time.

Starting a new studio was a thrilling challenge, but it was more stressful than fun. I never took a salary, a bonus or expenses. I learned never to do anything you’re not passionate about.

I’m not Sammy Glick. I’ve never killed anyone. I don’t have to. I’m too talented.

You can’t interview my brother!… We can call this thing off – right now!

I was sleeping on a couch in my brothers apartment, and one day this guy walked over and said ‘How would you like to be in a movie?’ And I said ‘Yeah!’ I was an extra in ‘Explosive Generation’.

The keystone of successful business is cooperation. Friction retards progress.

The Golden Rule finds no limit of application in business.

No serious-minded man should have time for the mediocre in any phase of his living.

Salesmanship, too, is an art; the perfection of its technique requires study and practice.

Nothing can be made except by makers, nothing can be managed except by managers. Money cannot make anything and money cannot manage anything.

Efficient industry is the sole key to prosperity.

Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.

About half my time is spent on business operation type stuff.

I decided to sit quietly and do business and don’t stick your neck out and tell everybody everything belongs to me. That would only cause problems for myself. Therefore I never told these stories or declared all these things to anyone.

An imitation may be quite successful in its own way, but imitation can never be Success. Success is a first-hand creation.

The well-satisfied customer will bring the repeat sale that counts.

What America needs most is aviation.

Ninety-nine percent of advertising doesn’t sell much of anything.

There is no need for advertisements to look like advertisements. If you make them look like editorial pages, you will attract about 50 per cent more readers.

Profits are not financial-they’re social. Everybody profits from industry. Politicians don’t understand profits because they can pay bills out of taxation.