Trust the Canadians to produce a game about mutual funds that is actually more boring than the real thing.

Also, most people read fiction as an escape - and I wonder whether my books aren't a bit too grounded in reality to reach the widest possible audience.

If only the human body could handle trauma as well as biotechnology stocks do.

Even so, sometimes I wish I did have a little bit more flair in my language.

Volatility may be rising simply because investors must digest more information every day.

Never underestimate the power of Abby Joseph Cohen.

Sergeant Bergdahl may have broken any number of military laws.

In general, great companies prefer to grow organically, as Wall Street likes to say. That is, from the inside out, by finding new markets or by taking market share from their competitors.

The notion that employees and companies have a social contract with each other that goes beyond a paycheck has largely vanished in United States business.

Good spectator sports share certain fundamentals. Their competitors battle head-to-head. Their winners are determined objectively: fastest runner, most points. They are refereed, not judged.

Downhill track sports like luge are technology battles, as exciting as a NASCAR qualifying day.

If there were dreams to sell Merry and sad to tell And the crier rung his bell What would you buy?

A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.

Guns do kill. Unlike cars, that is all they do.

Love is a flaming heart, and its flames aspire / Till they cloud the soul in the smoke of a windy fire.

Music is so naturally united with us that we cannot be free from it - even if we so desired.

some moments are nice, some are nicer, some are even worth writing about.

Our offices must always be headed by the kind of men who command respect. Not phonies, zeros or bastards.

A lot of the futuristic space stuff seemed to me to be a very cool form of science-fiction, so that was my first real baptism in the genre.

A man's fortune is frequently decided by his first address. If pleasing, others at once conclude he has merit; but if ungraceful, they decide against him.

I've been there and done all that, sold millions of records, and that doesn't bring you peace.