It's tough to figure out how do we compete in Europe and North America, when obviously a living wage for us is very different than a living wage in Indonesia.

My father was an exceptionally strong influence on me.

It's not a gift of mine, but one given to me, to be able to criticise myself and not be crushed, by myself or by others.

Anybody doing something brings something to it. It's not for me to say if it's "growth". Just by the nature of everyone has a different take on the material. Some people would.

It's tough to figure out how do we compete in Europe and North America, when obviously a living wage for us is very different than a living wage in Indonesia.

I don't have a great intellect, and I can't compete with people who do. I feel certain things. And all I know, and all I can do, is what I feel.

In New York in the Forties or Fifties, everybody's in a suit, an overcoat and a hat.