Confrontation Is Bad?

"So what? It would be meaningless to continue with somebody that's like that," he says. "I really demanded it, not overtly, but my attitude was such that I said, you know, I'll be wasting my time and your time if you're not willing to sit down here with me." He adds: "One time out of 10, maybe somebody will be offended ... Well, so what? You weren't going to succeed anyway".