Singapore has been incredibly well-managed. It was created out of the swamp, with a strong emotional idea: a safe place for mostly Chinese, but accepting other cultures and other races.

Brunch is boring, but that's part of the charm of it.

At the end, the key thing is you've got to live with yourself. That's the real test. Everything else is fleeting.

Luckily the whole world is not like me, or else, there would be no world.

Possessing things is not that interesting. Living in a grand environment to show myself and others that I have wealth has zero appeal.

I felt I was owned by possessions.

California is a place of invention, a place of courage, a place of vision, a place of the future. People who made California what it is were willing to take risks, think outside convention and build.

I can drive. Let's just say you don't want to be in the passenger seat.

If you have things and if you are a perfectionist, which I am, you have to really tend to them, and it takes energy away from other things.

I don't get that much enjoyment out of saying 'I own it.'

I don't have a house, and I don't have a lot of time for socializing, so every year I have a party for all of my friends.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

I wish you could stop wasting your life to fulfill other people’s dreams.

Even in the middle of a hopeless darkness a light may suddenly reach you

You can't be minimalist as a director until you have acquired the experience and confidence to say no.

The economy is growing, productivity is high, trade is up, people are working. It's not as good as we'd like, but -- and to the extent that we find weakness, we'll move.

I am delighted to be back home in Galway, the place I first came to as a 19-year-old in 1960. It's here where my heart is and will forever be.

How can one dive into the intricate mystery of man when One doesn't see where One is located

I want to see an end to sovereign risk questions over Australia.

Funk is the unending cycle of life. It's the ultimate concept—wherever your imagination will take it.

The odds of not meeting in this life are so great that every meeting is like a miracle. It's a wonder that we don't make love to every single person we meet.