On why he has donated $600 million to selected charities. I simply decided I had enough money.

I had one idea that never changed in my mind - that you should use your wealth to help people.

There has to be a balance in life. A balance of business, family, and the opportunity to learn and teach.

I’m happy when what I’m doing is helping people and unhappy when what I’m doing isn’t helping people.

There is nothing wrong with a big bet, if a big bet is a good bet.

I set out to work hard, not to get rich.

I believe strongly in 'giving while living.' I see little reason to delay giving when so much good can be achieved through supporting worthwhile causes today.

I cannot think of a more personally rewarding and appropriate use of wealth than to give while one is living.... Interventions have greater value and impact today than if they are delayed.

When you've got the money, you spend it. When you've spent it all, let someone else get going and spend theirs.

Okay, so how does this work exactly?" I ask as we walk toward his car. "Do we float down the bayou in rowboat while little critters sing 'Kiss the Girl'.

The greatest literature is the Biblical stories.

Sometimes I wonder if novel writers aren’t completely f**ked in the head. ~ Drew Stirling

I am sure of the fact that Fidel and Chávez are commanders of the forces of freedom in America, to liberate America and the world.

Terrorism is an evil that threatens all the countries in Europe. Vigorous cooperation in the European Union and worldwide is crucial in order to meet this evil head on.

Mankind's real moral test, a test so radical and so deep that it escapes our gaze, is probably the one of its relations with those that are the most at its mercy; the Animals.

You deal. You survive. You grow up and you build a career. And you remember these big/little hardships. They make you human.

I take it that our state, having been founded and built up on the right lines, is good in the complete sense of the word.

I am what is called a professor emeritus—from the Latin e, 'out,' and meritus, 'so he ought to be.