I hope the Guggenheim plan will be revived.

The attacks on the World Trade Center and the current economic recession, which is particularly powerful in New York City, have put a number of building plans on hold for the time being.

I met many Russians over the years who were convinced my brothers and I were a cabal, pulling strings behind the scenes to shape American policy. The Soviets had no conception of how a pluralistic democracy works and believed elected officials, up to and including the president of the United States, were only figureheads acting out the roles dictated to them by the real "powers that be" - in this case, my family.

Successful charitable fund-raising has much in common with managing a business: It requires leadership, persistence, and creativity.

I do not like to be unkind.

I realize how fortunate I have been; mine has been a wonderful life.

If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress.