The world is a complicated place, and there's a lot of division between people. The performing arts tend to unify people in a way nothing else does.

I regard food as fuel. I am not a brunch person.

I've given some money to the scholarships in the District of Columbia, to the best students in D.C... many of the students have written me letters telling me they could not have afforded to go to college without the scholarship and money I've given them.

Do not always say no. If satisfied with the seat in place and not reckless, the next 20 years you will still sit there alone

I really hope that the philanthropy movement is seen not just as wealthy people giving money away but wealthy people giving away their time, their energy and their ideas.

I realised how rich I had become and I asked myself, 'Do I really want to be the richest person in the cemetery?

Sometimes the best decisions in life are on the spur of the moment. So I generally try to do what I think is right. And sometimes I make mistakes.