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I find being a manager really challenging. For instance, I don't enjoy some of the administrative tasks that go along with hiring and firing.

The toughest thing about managing is knowing your personnel and what it can give you under all conditions.

I've often heard people say that managing creative people is the hardest thing in the world. 'They're never happy, they drive up the cost of things, blah blah blah.' I just manage people the way I always wanted to be managed. That is, to be creatively challenged, but never to be told what to do.

When I finally got a management position, I found out how hard it is to lead and manage people.

The key to management is to get rid of the managers.

Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away.

Managing is a tough job. When you're young, you just think it's a natural progression - I'm good at this, so I'm going to be good at that - and it's not that way at all.

I'm not going to manage again. I'm going to work for a team someday. But it won't be managing.

I believe one of the best things about managing people is that we can influence lives in a positive way. That's basically what a manager is about. When I can do that, I am very happy.