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I cannot abide being bored. ”
I have been portrayed by actors in three television documentaries, two plays, one musical and a film. It's no fun watching yourself being traduced and imitated by an actor. ”
I have an over-attachment to precision, which is why I've sold more magazines than any man alive. ”
I love the business of business; I love the risk raking. ”
The Week' is my favourite magazine. Everyone from presidents to CEOs of companies love it, politicians, people in the massive charity business in America, in the arts and even more especially in the media. ”
Posthumous reputations have little to do with real lives. ”
There are jobs, particularly database-oriented ones, for which computers are necessary, but for everyday office life, I question whether they have brought the productivity that their enormous cost, up to £10,000 per person, demands. ”
For me, temptation is life and I have a gargantuan appetite for everything. ”
I am absolutely convinced that my life was redeemed by poetry. ”
People who get trapped in the tunnel vision of making money think that is all there is to life. ”