I got to carve through the streets of New York's financial district and discover the awesome feeling of being part of a system where, the harder you worked, the more of those scarce resources you earned! I never looked back.

While I did complete high school, I would have to say that it was by the skin of my teeth. My education ever since then has been one that I got "on the job" and I consider myself a very well-educated person at this point!

I believe in labeling things.

I grew up in a modern business environment and did not experience the kind of prejudice that my mother and grandfather experienced.

By the time I entered this prestigious high school, my interest in formal education had already been exhausted.

I've got better things to do than to find my individuality in that particular area. But if it's important to me, I've got to seek my own path.

I was never going to be one of Nobel prize winners.