If someone can't give me a good reason why you can't do something, I find a way to do it.

I think over any period of time, especially if you don't use leverage, it is difficult to continually beat the S&P 500.

Without a doubt, stem cell research will lead to the dramatic improvement in the human condition and will benefit millions of people.

Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way.

Anything I do, I spend a lot of time. I do it with passion and intensity. I want to be in charge.

I learned to embrace risk, as long as it was well thought out and, in a worst-case scenario, I'd still land on my feet.

I'd be bored to death if I spent all my time with other businesspeople, bankers and lawyers.