I've learned from my dealings with Johnny Carson that no matter what kind of friendship you think you have with people you're working with, when the chips are down, it's all about business.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I know I was a great friend to Tiger Woods. But when you have a relationship that's involves business and friendship - and the business part comes to an end - things always get a little blurry.
The rules of friendship are tacit, unconscious; they are not rational. In business, though, you have to think rationally.
Johnny Carson was a mean-spirited human being. And there are people that he has hurt that people will never know about. And for some reason, at some point, he decided to turn that kind of negative attention toward me. And I refused to have it.
Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does.
All lasting business is built on friendship.
I did standup while still working for Johnny Carson in the mid-'60s, thus gaining the advantage of at least getting laughs from him about how I hadn't the night before.
I remember meeting the likes of Johnny Carson and Jimmy Stewart for the first time and being completely starstruck.
Steve Jobs was a friend and mentor whom I miss more than I can say.
I've learned that friendship does not equate business, business does not equate friendship.
Friendship is something whose depth fits human aspirations and fulfills human possibilities. It has heft to it, as a gold-piece does and a gambling chip does not.