I shared with him I understood the dilemma he was in — that no matter what decision he made, his opponents would find a reason to criticize him — but that if he used the surplus and increased taxes on business, not only would they criticize him, but he would risk losing his base.

If something comes out, you had better be ready, no matter how incorrect it might be.

No matter how good you are at something, there's always about a million people better than you.

That was our dilemma last year. We have a No. 2 by committee and that may be the same this year. We're looking for someone to step up and fill that roll. I think we enough guys to fill that spot.

It's the horns of a dilemma, there's no question about it.

It's the old beta versus VHS dilemma. There's no way to know how long it's going to take for the general market to decide which formats will ultimately prevail. So while this shakes out, we're just going to listen to our customers and make sure we give them the movies they want in the format they prefer -- whatever the technology.