Sandra Lerner

I've never really seen other people spend other people's money wisely.

I always thought that if someone invested in your business, that meant he or she believed in it.

I farm - there is something visceral about being attached to the land. I am a recording engineer. I do my own laundry most days, and I get on with the business of living.

When information is infinite, individual pieces of information are worth nothing.

I long had a goal of becoming president of a company. But it was not till I was 57 years old that I became president of Cisco Systems with its 34 employees. Life offers opportunity at every stage.

Channel 4 are a great bunch of people to work with and the crew are lovely. Working at ITV was like being in the court of Caligula.