"The world can forgive practically anything except people who mind their own business"

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves"

"Buildings should serve people, not the other way around"

"Ambition is not a vice of little people"

"The opportunity to create a small world between two pieces of cardboard, where time exists yet stands still, where people talk and I tell them what to say, is exciting and rewarding"

"The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy"

"All lasting business is built on friendship"

"The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines"

"People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest"

"Business is the salt of life"

"A company is only as good as the people it keeps"