In 1983, I set up Caxton Corp. Its been an interesting and happy ride since.

Fundamentalists who say they are not going to pay any attention to the charts are like a doctor who says he's not going to take a patient's temperature.

If you don't work very hard, it is extremely unlikely that you will be a good trader.

The first rule of trading - there are probably many first rules - is don't get caught in a situation in which you can lose a great deal of money for reasons you don't understand.

Place your stops at a point that, if reached, will reasonably indicate that the trade is wrong, not at a point determined primarily by the maximum dollar amount you are willing to lose

If you personalize losses, you can't trade.

Novice Traders trade 5 to 10 times too big. They are taking 5 to 10% risks on a trade they should be taking 1 to 2 percent risks.

In a bear market, you have to use sharp countertrend rallies to sell.

I caught hold of the great bull market in soybeans in 1977. I had no idea what I was doing, incidentally.

Bodies need poison. Withdrawals without it. Toxin-free airs a killer.

Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once a minute something generous dies for want of it.

Some days are just bad days, that's all. You have to experience sadness to know happiness, and I remind myself that not every day is going to be a good day, that's just the way it is!

I loved getting classical training in terms of acting. I would've stayed in acting school for the rest of my life if I could have. It was this amazing period of my life where everything was so safe.

This is still a very primitive age, and I'm afraid they may not get much further here.

Come to the stable. Come to where the horses are, and the sweet, grainy, pungent smells.

It's as serious as anyone ever gets, you know. It's just words. It's just good poetry.

The whole magic of a plot requires that somebody be impeded from getting something over with.

Amongst the rock one cannot stop or think

Humility counts for much, but it may be that vanity does not dispossess that admirable quality.