Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves

by Andrew Ross Sorkin

Willumstad, who had never met Buffett, called and began his pitch, but before he could get very far into it, Buffett stopped him. “I’ve looked over the 10-K,” he said. “The company is too complicated. I don’t have enough confidence to do that. Look, nothing is going to work with us, so don’t waste your time. You’ve got plenty to do.”