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

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.

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.

If you erased New York, I hate to say it, if you erased Frankfurt, even London, the world would not have changed.

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

Singapore has been incredibly well-managed. It was created out of the swamp, with a strong emotional idea: a safe place for mostly Chinese, but accepting other cultures and other races.

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.