You can have a worldwide shop from your bedroom. You can do things that weren't even dreamed of when I started off in business. It's why technology is the most wonderful thing for small businesses.

One of the things I preach to all my staff is never be frightened to make a decision.

There's an old chestnut that asks whether an entrepreneur is born or made and I think it's a combination of both. You need the talent; without the talent you can't do it.

There's not much difference between a fantasist and a visionary. We all have dreams and without dreams in business, I don't believe you can be successful. The trick is to turn them into reality.

Recession always encourages entrepreneurialism and innovation. It does that every time because when people have no options they look at other things.

There are three reasons to be in business. To make money, to have fun – and to make money.

There will be no more British guys. Unless they are members of the royal family, of course.

Seconds feel like centuries when I am not in your presence.

A man with a victim mentality attracts autocrats into his life who will decide how he should live

The proper function of man is to live-not to exist.

They say that instead of cursing the darkness, one should light a candle. Nothing is mentioned, though, about cursing a lack of candles.

To work with Kaz on this kind of project is a fascinating process...He seems to be Dogen himself when offering the translations that we Western collaborators then refine with him.

I kept waiting for that loneliness and nervousness to make me want to go back. But it never did.

[On masturbation:] I think that it is part of human sexuality, and perhaps it should be taught.

I'm still learning who I am. One minute I have black hair, the next it's red. One day I'm wearing Converse sneakers, and the next I'm in the hippie look.

Putting all of my time In learning to care And a bucket of rhymes I threw up somewhere Want a locket of who Made me lose my perfunctory view Of all that is around And of all that I do.