I am a strong believer that intellectual property rights need to be protected.

That's one of the challenges of investing in China, is the lack of clarity with respect to tax positions.

I think you have to be a niche player. You've got to find smaller ideas that are going to benefit in the conditions as they are. You can change the conditions and always try to find ways to make money in the conditions as they exist.

The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled.

There's a lot of money in doing score music. You can get a chance to get nominated for an Oscar; I would love to get nominated again.

Money has never been a motivation.

We are all used to paying a sales tax when we buy things - almost 9 percent here in New York City. The application of this concept to the financial sector could solve our need for revenue, bring some sanity back into the financial sector, and give us a way to raise the revenue we need to run the government in a fiscally responsible way.