Big banks have long had private equity divisions that put up capital for deals too complex or risky for individual shareholders to finance.

Also, most people read fiction as an escape - and I wonder whether my books aren't a bit too grounded in reality to reach the widest possible audience.

If only the human body could handle trauma as well as biotechnology stocks do.

Even so, sometimes I wish I did have a little bit more flair in my language.

Volatility may be rising simply because investors must digest more information every day.

Never underestimate the power of Abby Joseph Cohen.

Sergeant Bergdahl may have broken any number of military laws.

In general, great companies prefer to grow organically, as Wall Street likes to say. That is, from the inside out, by finding new markets or by taking market share from their competitors.

The notion that employees and companies have a social contract with each other that goes beyond a paycheck has largely vanished in United States business.

Good spectator sports share certain fundamentals. Their competitors battle head-to-head. Their winners are determined objectively: fastest runner, most points. They are refereed, not judged.

Downhill track sports like luge are technology battles, as exciting as a NASCAR qualifying day.

Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.

Silence is no weakness of language. It is, on the contrary, its strength. It is the weakness of words not to know this.

There are people who can believe anything they wish. What lucky creatures!

We can never have enough of Nature.

There are a million ways to make money in the markets. The irony is that they are all very difficult to find.

Blind belief can be comforting, but it can easily cripple reason and productivity, and stop intellectual progress.

Practice the 101 Percent Principle. Whenever possible, find the 1 percent you do agree on in a difficult situation, and give it 100 percent of your effort.

A man does not go to a woman to get his strength; he goes to her to offer it.

With writing music, as a general rule I'm looking for something that surprises me, that doesn't fall within what's easy for me.

Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed. Teach me to die.