Reading, not just an escape, but an exercise in living.

Tel Aviv appeals to me.

I was never afraid of anything in the world except the dentist.

I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.

I'm not that interested in people

I never deviated from my grim determination to someday have all the money I needed and wanted.

A wise man distrusts his neighbor. A wiser man distrusts both his neighbor and himself. The wisest man of all distrusts his government.