I've always wanted to make movies.
Buy a friend; hire a lawyer.
The shortest period of time lies between the minute you put some money away for a rainy day and the unexpected arrival of rain.
Quinn's First Law of Investing is never to buy anything whose price you can't follow in the newspapers. An investment without a public marketplace attracts the fabulists the way picnics attract ants. Stock brokers and financial planners can tell you anything they want, because no one really knows what's true. The First Corollary to Quinn's First Law states that, even when the price is in the newspapers, you shouldn't buy anything too complex to explain to the average 12-year-old.
Lawyers are operators of the toll bridge across which anyone in search of justice has to pass.
Financial planners who take commissions have a built-in conflict of interest. . . even with disclosure, my choice would be a Fee-Only planner.
The best real-estate investments with the highest yields are in working-class neighborhoods, because fancy properties are overpriced.
People have to see it for what it is, but they would be so shocked to know two simple things that I just really never shared with anyone, but I spank my child at times. He didn't move a muscle, not one inch, and he didn't drop one tear. I tell you that and you are probably like, "Wow, how is that even possible?" But little details like that is not what people are able to see, and that makes the world of difference to the outcome of the situation.
There are some religious traditions that view human beings as participants in creation. This is true of the Jewish tradition, from which I come.
The casting director on the movie made me aware of her. She told me what to watch Starter For Ten, which I did and thought she was great in. She was just so charming and beautiful. But I felt she could probably look plain if we tried. And when I subsequently met with her, I was so charmed by her vulnerability and sweetness. Those were two qualities that were the most important for that character.
When you mix raisins and turds, you've still got turds.