America is an empire. I hope you know that now. All empires, by definition, are bumbling, shambolic, bullying, bureaucratic affairs, as certain of the rightness of their cause in infancy, as they are corrupted by power in their dotage.

Publishing magazines for yourself is not good business, man.

America, ladies and gentlemen, has done more for me financially than Britain ever has, or ever could have done.

Whatever qualities the rich may have, they can be acquired by anyone with the tenacity to become rich.

I have been portrayed by actors in three television documentaries, two plays, one musical and a film. It's no fun watching yourself being traduced and imitated by an actor.

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.

I loathe and detest movies and television and don't watch any. I do not have the time.