Nobody can write a good 30-second commercial.
At one point, I had over 800 employees, and I always paid all health care for my people - including a man who was my assistant who got HIV. I wound up paying his medical bills, which went into the hundreds of thousands. I'm not making myself out to be a saint. I did the right thing.
I think people are getting bored of parties, and hosts are terrified nobody's going to show up. So they have to start entertaining them before the party even starts.
Every automobile ad looks alike.
There's something that goes on in a new-business meeting that's wonderful to watch. It's like showtime. There are people who are nervous, and there are people who are jittery, and there's so much drama and so much at stake.
I want to die at my desk.
A computer is a wonderful thing, but it's cold, and what comes out of it is sort of cold.
I'm a driver, and I love it.
In our quest to tweet, like, and trend, we have forgotten that brands can be built through advertising. Ads can generate big ideas that can never be trumped by tactics. That is the magic of an ad, and that is what is missing from many ads today.
Everybody makes a lot of money when the French come to town.
I came from a poor family in Coney Island. I learned to write by reading the 'Post.' This was my education.
The object of advertising is to get people to feel better about the product you're selling.
Let's face it: in advertising, you are paid more, but you die younger. It's not very forgiving. Like sports stars, you're in it during your better years, and then you're out looking for work.
There's nothing worse than winning but being told by people that you're losing.
Whether you're a mafia guy or in advertising, you always end up going back to your family.
The Internet is king. Newspapers are dead or dying. Magazines are shrinking every day. Ad budgets are being cut. The bottom line is now the only line in advertising.