Trump: The Art of the Deal

There is no typical week in my life

I like making deals, preferably big deals.

Trump Fund, through which we’d buy distressed and foreclosed real estate, particularly in the Southwest, at bargain-basement prices.

it pays to move quickly and decisively when the time is right.

I hate lawsuits and depositions, but the fact is that if you’re right, you’ve got to take a stand, or people will walk all over you.

The truth is I’m keeping my options open.

The majority occur on the spur of the moment, and few of them last longer than fifteen minutes.

You can’t be imaginative or entrepreneurial if you’ve got too much structure.

think they liked my directness and my enthusiasm. I hadn’t built anything yet, but what I did have was the willingness to go after things that people in a better position than mine wouldn’t have considered seeking.

The third thing I did, and probably the most important, was to sell myself to Victor and his people. I couldn’t sell him on my experience or my accomplishment, so instead I sold him on my energy and my enthusiasm.