Geoff Ryman Quotes

The deal is that you can do it, you don't really owe me anything, but at the end of it, I own the film. Then I can actually go out and reprint or not reprint if it I want.

We like to get money. Whoever wants to work with us and make some money, let's do it.

But I tell you, I would really be interested if there was a partner we could take in, that could put them over here on the side, that would allow us full leverage and access down the road.

It took me a while to understand the meaning of a franchise: the reasons why you see lawyer, doctor, cop shows. It's not because anyone in their right mind says, 'You know, what's the most fascinating thing in the world?' It's because you need something new that happens every week in a frame.

Forty for you, sixty for me. And equal partners we will be.

Lee Daniels, even though he owes me $2 million, I picked that. I put him in business.

All I need is the breakthrough. The joint-venture for my clothing. Same as Stella McCartney has.

So I decided to form a production company with my wife and our partner Diane.

Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I.

At the time I attempted to purchase the rights back for the 3 Homestead records, but the owner demanded an outrageous sum in the neighborhood of $10,000, about 10 times more money than I could get my hands on at the time.

Wanda and Reliance are two of the largest private conglomerates in their respective countries. By joining our strengths together, we hope our cooperation will bring mutual benefits and great results.

Ray and I do not draw salaries, Any profits will be re-invested into marketing the music we believe in.

You'd be naive if you think you are going to retain any control once you option a character to TV.

So you have to just be really careful and make sure that when a deal comes along, that it's like the right deal for you... not necessarily the most money, because you have to pay the record label that back in like record sales and stuff.

When we first started the company, I didn't have any thoughts of franchising. We just had company-owned stores.

I was offered a choice of a flat salary up front or a percentage of the film's future earnings. I took the up front money. Nobody could have figured what Halloween would ultimately become.

Composers and lyricists are not responsible for storyline and casting. One can imagine actors shouldering this responsibility, since they charge for half the film. But producers never ask actors to share the losses. Instead, they train their guns on composers and lyricists.

We're kidding on that. One of the things I insisted upon when we went into this project was that we are full partners, going fifty-fifty, both on the money and on the say of what's going on with the books.

For this to make sense, of course, it would have to be a fair financial deal for us. But I think this could be the occasion for us to build a true partnership in content. And we're especially interested because interactive services are a key field for us.

Wipro Arabia is a joint venture company with Dar Al Riyadh, a well-diversified group in Saudi Arabia.

Ray Kroc called his first McDonald's restaurant, which he opened in Illinois, 'a little money machine.' That's why thousands of franchisees bought it.

I am confident that partnering my Dollywood Company with a great company like Gaylord will create something truly special.

China and the Asian territory is an incredible opportunity. We spend a lot of time looking at it, looking for the right partners.

When I was very young, I sold the rights to my work... through 2000.

It's suggested I am big pals with Willie McKay. Am I? I don't think I am. He is an agent. You need these agents if you want to do a deal.