David Geffen

“I never went to business school. I was just bumbling through a lot of my life. I was like the guy behind the curtain in The Wizard of Oz.”

“I would say that Bob Dylan is as interested in money as any person I've known in my life. That's just the truth.”

“You have an idea of the way you think it is, and it's not that way at all, it's something else.”

“Anybody who thinks money will make you happy, hasn't got money.”

“I'm Billy the Kid, the fastest draw. It's not arrogance. It's the truth.”

“HIV infection and AIDS is growing - but so too is public apathy. We have already lost too many friends and colleagues.”

“It's easy in music to tell what's good. It's hard to tell what's bad.”

“I am truly my mother's son.”

“Broke is a Hollywood term!”

“It's very easy for me to thank everyone for the incredible contribution they've made to my life.”

“The opportunity for an entrepreneur to start a company from scratch today is abysmal.”

“Steven Spielberg and I have tremendous amounts of money.”

“To be able to live and work in the United States is a privilege.”

“My mother taught me to love my work. I learned everything about business from her.”

“It's the perfect definition of a settlement. Both parties didn't get what they wanted.”

“I thought I'd be a success even back in the mailroom at William Morris.”

“I believe we're all in denial about the people we love.”

“Happy is harder than money. Anybody who thinks money will make you happy hasn't got money.”

“Move to California. Malibu is paradise.”

“In Hollywood people lie to each other and cheat each other and then go and play tennis. But I don't want to be a tennis player.”