My Philosophy? Have A Laugh

You Can Drive 1,000 Miles Across America And Find Yourself, Whereas If You Drive A Few Miles From Slough You're In London Anyway, Or You Hit Wales And You're In Another Country! Also, Wherever You Are In England It's Still Raining.

When People Say To Me: Would You Rather Be Thought Of As A Funny Man Or A Great Boss? My Answer's Always The Same, To Me, They're Not Mutually Exclusive.

What Is The Single Most Important Thing For A Company? Is It The Building? Is It The Stock? Is It The Turnover? It’s The People, Investment In People. My Proudest Moment Here Wasn’t When I Increased Profits By 17%, Or Cut Expenditure Without Losing A Single Member Of Staff. No. It Was A Young Greek Guy, First Job In The Country, Hardly Spoke A Word Of English, But He Came To Me And He Went ‘mr. Brent, Will You Be The Godfather To My Child?’. Didn’t Happen In The End. We Had To Let Him Go, He Was Rubbish. He Was Rubbish!

I Still See Myself As A Bit Of A Cottage Industry. Being In A Room Creating Stuff And Seeing If Anyone Wants It, As Opposed To Going To Work For Someone.

Someone Asked Me What Three Things I Would Save If My House Was On Fire. I Said My Cat, My Salamander And One Of The Twins.