Failing doesn't have to mean not succeeding. It can be, 'Hey we tried that. We can go forward, smarter.'
Listen, whatever makes the movie better. That's the attitude you have to have.
Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission.
I don't make a decision till I see fit. That's why I'm so effective. My mind isn't predetermined.
The secret of my success is that I deeply respect and learn from my peers and customers.
D'Antoni can be successful playing slow or fast because he is a bright guy who has very creative ideas.
The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent, experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it, if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
The way to succeed is to double your error rate.
I have a plan of action, but the game is a game of adjustments.
You have to think tactically and you can't just go in and swing against the first best opponent.
Just because you used one set on one guy and had success doesn't mean you can use that exact set, that exact timing, the next time.
The markets are always changing, and the successful trader needs to adapt to these changes.
Once I started working with the Polaroid, I would take a shot and if that shot was good, then I'd move the model and change the lighting or whatever... slowly sneaking up on what I wanted rather than having to predetermine what it was.
They're expecting us to make mistakes, and they've set up a process that allows us to correct for that and do it again and iterate. So I think that's a real key to the films that we've made.
I'd much rather do one or two takes of one thing and then see how it goes.
You've probably heard from 100 different people that the Patriots are a game plan offense. Here's what that means: We're going to watch the defense specifically to identify their tendencies, what they do situationally and what their philosophy is.
There has never been a master plan. Anyone who wanted to do it, we fired because it takes on a life of its own and doesn't cover new reality. We want people taking into account new information.
I have no style, because I change each time . . . each day I play differently. Today I play differently than yesterday.
I think every acquisition is unique and different. The best strategy is to listen to the founders and follow their lead.
There is not some glorious theoretical synthesis of capitalism that you can write down in a book and follow. You have to grope your way
There were so many great teachers that had so much to offer. The idea of being rigid, why would you do that? People have their things, but why be rigid with any education when you can take things from here and take things from there?
We can no longer stand at the end of something we visualized in detail and plan backwards from that future. Instead we must stand at the beginning, clear in our mind, with a willingness to be involved in discovery... it asks that we participate rather than plan.
Of course I'm schooled in the old school method: taking what I think the director wants, then reworking it through my own brain and heart.
When you feel you have good although incomplete expertise, start trying things. If it's not working, try something else; maintain an experimental mindset.
I never had a set of rules. Every situation is different.
