Unlike diamonds, watches were practical. They were for people on the run, people with appointments to keep and schedules to meet.

You're in a horse race but you're thinking like a sheep. Sheep don't win horse races.

The best time to tell your story is when you have to tell your story. When it's not really a choice. But then, when you get that first, messy, complicated version down, you have to read it over and be very tough on yourself and ask, 'Well what's the story here?' If you're lucky enough to have someone you trust looking over your shoulder, he or she can help you if [you] lack perspective on your own story.

The dangerous falls were the ones that happened so fast you didn't have time to react

Interesting people always have a past.

In this world, it's not enough to have a fine education. You need a piece of paper to prove you got it.

Horses were never wrong. They always did what they did for a reason, and it was up to you to figure it out.