I am absolutely convinced that my life was redeemed by poetry.

Making money is certainly the one addiction I cannot shake.

You have an advantage that neither education nor upbringing can buy - you have almost nothing. And therefore you have almost nothing to lose.

You have to persuade yourself that you absolutely don't care what happens. If you don't care, you've won. I absolutely promise you, in every serious negotiation, the man or woman who doesn't care is going to win.

The beginnings of a forest is one of the ugliest things on the planet. It's bleak and your neighbours hate you.

I thoroughly object to getting old. If you could let me be 16 again, I'd give you everything I've got and everything I'll ever have.

If you are unwilling to fail, sometimes publicly and even catastrophically, you will never be rich.