When I was 15, I left school to start a magazine, and it became a success because I wouldn't take no for an answer. I remember banging on James Baldwin's door to ask for an interview when he came to England. Then I got Jean-Paul Sartre's home phone number and asked him to contribute. If I'd been 30, he might have said no, but I was a 15-year-old with passion and he was charmed. Making money was always just a side product of having a good time and creating things nobody'd seen before.

My people are at the core of everything I do, and I recognize the importance of giving them the flexibility to balance work around their personal lives.

Commitment is not letting people down. That's very important in life.

Smiling can be a competitive advantage. It makes everyone feel better and every situation brighter.

I love creating things, and as an entrepreneur, I've taken on quite a lot of major corporations and done well. Capitalism is the only system that works, but it has its flaws; for one, it brings great wealth to only a few people. That wealth obviously brings extreme responsibility.

Listen. Take the best. Leave the rest.

Exploration is a wonderful way to open our eyes to the world, & to truly see that impossible is just a word.