Few pleasures are greater than knowing you can close your door, ignore the world and create your own.

Even those with unspendable fortunes only have one mind, one mouth, two ears, two eyes and one pleasure station. There's only so much fun you can take.

Criticism is part of being in the marketplace. If you can't take a bit of criticism, you shouldn't bother publishing a book.

Stay cool, and wait for opportunity.

No amount of intelligence can save you from stupidity.

Miami, in many ways, is a quintessentially American city. The juxtaposition of showy wealth with dire pennilessness, the tussle of glitz and decay doesnt come any more marked than here.

New York City has fantastic restaurants and, unlike London, a lot of the best restaurants are relatively cheap.