When I interviewed Paul Bremer in his office, he had almost no books on his shelves. He had a couple of management books, like 'Leadership' by Rudolph Giuliani. I didn't take it as an encouraging sign.
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Does one ever read a politician's books?
I find it fascinating that a lot of business books that do well are from people who've never made any money in business.
Most books on management are written by management consultants, and they study successful companies after they've succeeded, so they only hear winning stories.
Everyone does a style book, and I wanted to write a business book for people that didn't think they would like a business book.
My books didn't fit a marketing niche.
I'm not big on reading business books. I get copies of all of them, because people want me to put a comment on the jacket. Every once in a while, I'll get interested and read one all the way through.
I would have never wanted to write another management book. There are so many of them, and everybody says the same thing about them, and they are all the same - they give the exact same advice. It's like a diet book; they all say eat less calories, exercise more, and every single book has the same conclusion.
I think Russell Brand's books should be criticised for being rubbish - but it is true that there's a professional class of opinion-former who has a financial interest in their job not being taken away.
I can't persuade myself that one of the problems facing the planet today might be a shortage of books by me.
The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most.
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