Bonfire Quotes

I knew that movie wasn`t going to work. I don`t think Brian De Palma had a clue. It struck me that he didn`t read the book -- or that he didn`t like the book. Originally, they hired Alan Arkin to play the judge. Perfect. But it was not politically correct. They only had one black character in the film and he was not a positive character. So, they fired Alan and hired me. I was kind of a suck ass for not turning it down, but they weren`t going to give it back to Alan anyway. I never did get around to seeing the movie. - On the failure of The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990).

This is laying the groundwork for distressed debt opportunities. We think it is analogous to the stacking of wood for a bonfire.

I am quite prepared, if we can do it without any disrespect to the Crown of England, to bring our titles to the marketplace and make a bonfire of them.