David Geffen

[On being partners with Laura Nyro in Tuna Fish Music (Laura’s favorite food was Tuna Fish)] We became partners in this new publishing company.

In my experience, there was never anything quite like the egos in CSNY.

My mother taught me to love my work. I learned everything about business from her.

I never thought that I would have a career in show business…

[on Steve jobs] Our relationship was based almost always on him calling up and asking, ‘Is this a good deal?’ I’m not in his business, and I wasn’t trying to be. I was just a guy who admired him a lot and was flattered he wanted my advice.

I must have had a dozen jobs and I got fired from all of them.

The point is that if you are a little different, or a little outrageous, or if you do things that are bold or controversial, the press is going to write about you.

What I try to keep in mind is that there are going to be a lot of articles that are going to be misrepresentative of what I’m about as a person and as a writer.

If you get good ratings, they’ll cover you even if you have nothing to say.

If you are a little different, or a little outrageous, or if you do things that are bold or controversial, the press is going to write about you.

Arianna Huffington is unattractive both inside and out. I fully understand why her former husband left her for a man – he made a good decision.

There’s so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?

Fake news is at an all time high. Where is their apology to me for all of the incorrect stories???

Matt Drudge is a great gentleman, who really – he’s got an ability to capture stories that people want to see

My people keep telling me I shouldn’t write letters like this to critics. The way I see it, critics get to say what they want to about my work, so why shouldn’t I be able to say what I want to about theirs?

With the press there is no ‘off the record’.

We want someone to bring us the news.

Contrary to what a lot of people think, I don’t enjoy doing press. I’ve been asked the same questions a million times now, and I don’t particularly like talking about my personal life.

When I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don’t invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.

I notice in some of the newspapers that they have taken a bit of an interest in me. According to one headline Jeremy Corbyn welcomed the prospect of an asteroid wiping out humanity. Asteroids are pretty controversial and it is not the kind of thing I would want to rule out… without a full debate at conference and a review so can we have the debate later in the week.

I can understand the British media and why they are doing that. It does not add up to much. I’m used in my life to not paying much attention to some things.