...children are at heart selfish, and reasonably so, for they are programmed for survival.

Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents had a full and intricate existence before you were born.

True freedom comes from continuous self-development.

In the end we are all sacked and it's always awful. It is as inevitable as death following life. If you are elevated there comes a day when you are demoted. Even Prime Ministers.

Character is made by many acts; it may be lost by a single one.

I remember when the idea of living to be 40 seemed absurd.

I can be capable of anything if I allow myself to be. I really realized what an obstacle I was being in my own life.

Cowards suffer, heroes enjoy.

A big mirror to exercise in front of is essential.

If I wasn't a trader, I would probably be in the film business in some capacity and writing in some other form. I went to NYU Film School and London Film School.

Genetically, I'm pure Greek. Psychologically, environmentally, culturally, by choice, I'm a member of the black community.

How often have I found that wanting to use blue, I didn't have it so I used a red instead of the blue.