My parents insisted that we should always be respectful, never forget where we come from and that we are part of the challenges facing our people

One has to set high standards... I can never be happy with mediocre performance.

I'm a sinner. I fumble. People must see me as one of them. The things that worry them, must worry me

All our businesses comprise of the BEST people money can buy. My policy is hire the best and pay them well

Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams.

People need to be loved and then to be led.

In the years since, I've discovered there's a lot to be said for boredom.

Had you fought like a man, you need not have been hang'd like a dog.

Now, when I was in the Army, writing was my hobby.

Obviously the Asian American community wants you to do well. They are cheering you on no matter what the circumstances.

When you play, do not trouble yourself as to who is listening. Yet always play as though a master listened to you.

There is no universal template that can be applied to everybody. So everyone kind of enter the process in their own way, on their own time.

I spent a lot of time waiting for things to happen to me, which is more or less as pathetic as it sounds.

A clown I knew who was retiring from Ringling Brothers gave me his giant shoes, and somebody else made me a clown suit.

Live for today. Multitudes of people have failed to live for today.... What they have had within their grasp today they have missed entirely, because only the future has intrigued them.