“I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.”

The important thing in my view is not to pin the blame for a mistake on somebody, but rather to find out what caused the mistake.

The company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the workers.

When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job,

In the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty.

I have always made it a point to know our employees, to visit every facility of our company, and to try to meet and know every single employee.

We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business.

The best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States.

If you trust your colleague today, he may be your competitor tomorrow, because people frequently move from one company to another.

To create a familylike feeling within the corporation, a feeling that employees and managers share the same fate.

The remarkable thing about management is that a manager can go on for years making mistakes that nobody is aware of, which means that management can be a kind of a con job.

It’s difficult to see new projects to fruition.

(Japanese Government believes that if you have a big laboratory with all the latest equipment and good funding it will automatically lead to creativity. It doesn’t work that way.

It has run consistently about 6 percent of sales at Sony – and in service.

Americans make money by playing `money games,’ namely mergers, acquisitions, by simply moving money back and forth … instead of creating and producing goods with some actual value.

Our plan is to lead the public with new products rather than ask them what kind of products they want.

Executives of the company must have the necessary qualities to direct the personnel by showing them the way to do things.

I could throw the discus for great distance s without the proper spin and throw technique.

I’ll do it because I want to but not because you tell me to!

I don’t want to just discuss the issues – I want family to be a real part of the character of the novels I write, and I don’t like to write things that feel like issue books.

Considering how much we are all given to discuss the characters of others, and discuss them often not in the strictest spirit of charity.

Everyone knows I’m married; I just don’t discuss it. Because it’s a part of my life that I’d rather keep private… When your whole life is played out in front of everybody, for your sanity, you need parts that are just yours.

We are caught in a traffic jam of discursive thought.

Gerard doesn’t tell me what to do. We discuss everything as a couple, as I imagine most partners do. We have a beautiful relationship and one of mutual trust.

If I were sitting down with George Steinbrenner (to discuss a salary) and based on what Dave Winfield got for his statistics, I’d have to say, ‘George, you and I are about to become partners.’