It's kind of a crazy thing to decide that you're going to be worth tens and tens and tens of millions of dollars and set out to do that. It doesn't suit everybody.

If the influence of luck is a delusion, then all I can say is that the delusion is virtually universal.

If it flies, floats or fornicates, always rent it.. it's cheaper in the long run.

I never sue journalists. I employ journalists. I employ too many of them. I don't sue journalists.

'The Week' is my favourite magazine. Everyone from presidents to CEOs of companies love it, politicians, people in the massive charity business in America, in the arts and even more especially in the media.

Poetry forces a writer to condense and crystallise his thoughts and often represents a short cut to truths unsuspected by the author himself.

Most of the worst errors I made in my life came from forgetting to act small.