If you can't use dividends, it's not a bad thing to give it back to your shareholders. They'll use it somewhere else.

We have a lot of people who are Republicans, a lot of people who are Democrats, and it's not just because of business reasons.

Manipulating currencies is when you're going into the marketplace and buying something in large amounts to depress the value of the currency.

You would expect to see that first in high-yield [debt], but it was in the most liquid thing in the world. So that, I think - it's a little bit of a warning that we've got to be prepared and just be careful.

Not every company went bankrupt. Not every bank needed TARP [Troubled Asset Relief Program]. So I'm very proud that JPMorgan, throughout that time period, was completely steadfast. We bought Bear Stearns because we thought we were helping the situation. We didn't cut and run.

If the numbers are right, ICBC [Industrial & Commercial Bank of China], which already earns nearly twice as much as JPMorgan. They'll probably be going a lot faster over time, and one day they can be a lot bigger than us.

I was a normal human being, but I did like that. I read a lot. I also liked math and science.