Barry Diller

I never thought I was a very good manager. ”

People have paid for content. They always have. ”

Since I was in my early twenties, at ABC, I was always only interested in things that were not already being done. ”

What I've learned over the years is that focus and singular purpose is the best approach for businesses. ”

I've not conducted my life in the service of smallness. ”

If you're going to run a public company, be absolutely certain of what the parameters are, what the clarity is, that you can explain it to yourselves and explain it externally. ”

The business model for content is to be paid for it. You can be paid for it either though advertising or subscriptions or some new invention, but right now what we've got is advertising revenue and subscription revenue as the only way to be paid for content. ”

I like businesses in transition, first of all. If ever there were a business in transition, it is publishing. ”

The entertainment business hasn't had a new idea in years. ”

If we're going to talk about our businesses, we're going to have to talk about them within the constraints of the disclosure rules, without giving guidance, because we're not going to give guidance, because we don't believe that it is a sensible game to play. ”