He was blessed with an unconventional mind, which overcame his conventional middle-class upbringing.

One absolutely cannot tell, by watching, the difference between a .300 hitter and a .275 hitter. The difference is one hit every two weeks.

A banking system is an act of faith: it survives only for as long as people believe it will.

I didn't think one day something would happen that would bring me back to Wall Street to write what is essentially a sequel.

My characters are actually usually pretty smart and admirable.

My judgement is not good when I am on a book tour. I am not thinking about it that much. What happens is I will go back home. I have a 4-year-old and a 1-year-old and a wife who is now taking care of them who is wondering where her husband is.

People don't like uncertainty, and their minds are tools for making sense of the world, even when the world is senseless.