[on his clients] If they're not temperamental, I don't want them. It's in the nature of a great artist to be that way. There's something in them - some warmth, some fire - that projects into an audience and makes it respond. Give me the temperamental artist every time.
How much do you love this attraction or that personality? How much do you owe the American public? Those are the important things. The money you think about later.
When people don't want to come, nothing will stop them.
An impresario is a man who discovers talent, who promotes it, who presents it, and who puts up the money and takes the risk. That's my main work, which is a lot different from a mere agent, a booker, a fellow who works strictly on percentage.