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.

California is a place of invention, a place of courage, a place of vision, a place of the future. People who made California what it is were willing to take risks, think outside convention and build.

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

At the end, the key thing is you've got to live with yourself. That's the real test. Everything else is fleeting.

I can drive. Let's just say you don't want to be in the passenger seat.

I don't have a house, and I don't have a lot of time for socializing, so every year I have a party for all of my friends.

In my teens I was interested in photography. Then I decided that I should learn something about the world of commerce. And I came to America at age 17 to escape Europe. I went to NYU - nothing better than being 17 years old and coming to New York.