The '90s was a decade of mundane market-consumer nothingness where there was nothing coming up from the streets; you just had someone in an office deciding what was cool.

We have to give feminism a shot. Out of sheer self preservation, we have to stand aside and let women run the show.

When people write a novel, they want to have that reach and that impact. To get it with a first novel, you can either see it as an albatross or a calling card.

Middle-class people worry a lot about money. They worry a lot about job security, and they do a lot of nine-to-five stuff.

I've got friends who want money but don't want to do anything to earn it.

When we're in a peak, we make a ton of money, and as soon as we make a ton of money, we're desperately looking for a way to spend it. And we diversify into areas that, frankly, we don't know how to run very well.

I think 'crazy' is a compliment. I think you make money with people who are crazy.

Here in the big city people spend their time thinking about work and about money; they don't give some value to friendships and it can be depressing.