The main task in life is simply this: to identify and separate from the things that are not ourselves, so that we can become ourselves.

Once in a while the phenomena we exploit are particularly present. We like a reasonable amount of volatility. In our business we want some action. “Tumult is usually good for us. We don’t have credit lines of any significance. We don’t do a lot of leveraged-type financing.

The future is something we can shape, not just something that happens to us.

I'm a person who likes to be abnormal.