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

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

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

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.

Other people might have family - three kids or five houses. In my case, that doesn't exist. I'm going to give everything away. Everything has been transferred to charitable trusts. There is no question about that. The question is where, not if.

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.

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