"But I believe in fair trade, and I will tell you, I have many, many friends heading up corporations, and people that do just business in China, they say it's virtually impossible. It's very, very hard to come into China. And yet, we welcome them with open arms."

"Well, real estate is always good, as far as I'm concerned."

"One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don't go into government."

"It's always good to be underestimated."

"Like anything else that happens on its own, the act of writing is beyond currency. Money is great stuff to have, but when it comes to the act of creation, the best thing is not to think of money too much. It constipates the whole process."

"I have to do a show which is of interest to me, or else I'm lost."

"I do not intend to dispute in any way the need for defence cuts and the need for government spending cuts in general. I do not share a not in my backyard approach to government spending reductions."

"It is a enduring truth that we do not remember the passing of hours, but the resonance of moments."