You can't go to a negotiating table pointing a gun, but you've got to keep it over your shoulder.
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We don't point a pistol at our own forehead. That is not the way to conduct negotiations.
I've learned that in order to achieve what I wanted, it made more sense to negotiate than to defend the autonomy of my work by pounding my fist on the table.
If you make a gun, you are either going to sell it or you are going to use it. And if you're going to sell it, someone else is going to use it.
One cannot negotiate under fire.
No matter how nice the company one might be with, however, it is never pleasant to have a rifle pointed at one's back.
I finally bought a gun because I said if I'm going to get it, I'm taking somebody with me.
Negotiation is not a policy. It's a technique. It's something you use when it's to your advantage, and something that you don't use when it's not to your advantage.
The knee-jerk approach of those who want to control firearms may not be the solution.
Why are we talking about talking? Why negotiating about negotiating? It's very simple. If you want to get to peace, put all your preconditions on the side, sit down opposite a table, not in a studio, by the way.
Remember the first rule of gunfighting... 'have a gun.'
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