If you have things and if you are a perfectionist, which I am, you have to really tend to them, and it takes energy away from other things.

Most countries in Africa have the capacity to be great agricultural producers, but they do only subsistence production. So a family will produce for themselves and nothing more. Why? Because of the systems: The markets are not there to go beyond.

Luckily the whole world is not like me, or else, there would be no world.

Brunch is boring, but that's part of the charm of it.

Possessing things is not that interesting. Living in a grand environment to show myself and others that I have wealth has zero appeal.

I wish I was a great writer or a great journalist or a great scientist or a great artist; I'm not.

I don't get that much enjoyment out of saying 'I own it.'