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

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

The biggest determinant in our lives is culture, where we are born, what the environment looks like. But the second biggest determinant is probably governance, good governance or a certain kind of governance makes a huge difference in our lives.

California has something which not every place in the world has: It has what I would call a sunny side, and I don't mean just physically, but the sunny side is a future. California's worth saving, to put it bluntly.

L.A. is very special to me, so far away from my world on the East Coast, Europe, Asia. It's a bit of an island for me - less intense, less busy; because of time difference and location, it has a calming effect. At least it used to be all that.

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

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