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

I've seen, all too often in my career, people coming in to lead agencies and organizations and trying to impose change from the top down. Never works. You never have enough time.

I figured managing people was obvious - I'd tell someone what they needed to do and they'd do what I wanted. It turns out that's not the case. It was frustrating at first.

I'm difficult for management. That's why I have the reputation because nobody challenges management.

Good management has helped me find much of the success I've got.

A manager is a guide. He takes a group of people and says, 'With you I can make us a success; I can show you the way.'

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.

I try to help people with management stuff a lot.

For some reason, I struggle seeing myself as a leading man.

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.