"The cult of art gives pride one never has too much of it."

"Of all lies, art is the least untrue."

"The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet."

"One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes."

"I remember at the age of five travelling on a trolley car with my mother past a group of women on a picket line at a textile plant, seeing them being viciously beaten by security people. So that kind of thing stayed with me."

"Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial."

"My mother was one of seven girls whose parents went to bed hungry so their children wouldn't. My father lost his mother when he was nine. He left school and went to work for the next 70 years. They emigrated to America with little more than the hope of a better life."

"If you have a line of business - I know this as a CEO - or if you have a teenager - I know this as a parent - who have a spending problem, what do you do? You quit giving them money."