There must be no worse punishment to a totalitarian nation than the withdrawal of capital.

It's not that you aren't likable. On the contrary. You are. It's just that one wonders if you haven't made a career out of being so likable.

When people claim to know who I am, I can no longer act freely.

- Growth has its season. There are spring and summer, but there are also fall and winter. And then spring and summer again. As long as the roots are not severed, all is well and all be well.

Take a look at the books other people have in their homes.

Take whatever you can from others, and when there is nothing left, forget about them.

People say, "Well, you went on television, it enlarged your readership." It did not at all, not at all. I might as well tell you, I lost some readership, because the profound audience felt somehow bothered by my too easy manner.