I don't believe the most successful people are the ones who got the best grades, got into the best schools, or made the most money.

The successful people of this world take life as it comes. They just go out and deal with the world as it is.

I'm an economist by training. I don't really work as an economist. I only worked briefly as an economist.

I have to tell you I never in my life anticipated getting this old, this fast. It seems as if I were 25 just a few days ago.

The banks are not lending, at least from what I see. They were so wild and reckless back in the good times that they got burned terribly.

Science should always be in the business of attempting to disprove itself.

Hollywood is largely about scammers and con men. It was my main livelihood for about 25 years, and the scams were beautiful and ugly, cheap and expensive, but, wow, were there a lot of scammers.