“I lay in the dark thinking about the difficulties of family, how crazy and crooked the stories of a bloodline can be.”

“I do not know what it was about that boy but just looking at him, even I wanted to clout him on the head. It was a head that invited violence.”

“There is nothing typical about my profession. Suddenly I did not want to talk about it any longer. I dont want to talk about it any longer.”

“Some wear greed as a fine suit of clothes. But you, my son, bear its stamp ever more poorly.”

“I've stopped reading about the death of books because it's wasteful and morbid and insulting to the authors, agents, publishers, booksellers, critics, and readers that keep the world community of f...”

“I think of myself as somebody who, in a moment-to-moment way, I'm quite happy. But I think I am a bit doubtful and wary of true happiness, and, like a lot of my friends, there's been a good degree ...”

“Rich people do not work for money, they are doing what they like to do”

“Why do we need money beyond a point? If we are free of ill health, enmity, and debt, is that not enough? Too much money only leads to less peace.”

“Nine out of ten significant people have to do with money or war!”