The worst is likely to be behind us.

I'm a straightforward person. I like to be direct with people.

I don't see (subprime mortgage market troubles) imposing a serious problem. I think it's going to be largely contained.

It's a safe banking system, a sound banking system. Our regulators are on top of it. This is a very manageable situation.

Our overriding goal in restructuring our financial architecture should be that taxpayers never again have to save a failing financial institution.

There's always light at the end of the tunnel, right? It just depends on how long the tunnel is.

I never once considered that it was appropriate to put taxpayer money on the line in resolving Lehman Brothers.

In just about every area of society, there's nothing more important than ethics.

Economic growth and environmental protection are not at odds. They're opposite sides of the same coin if you're looking at longer-term prosperity.

Every global concern - economic, environmental or security-related - can be addressed more effectively when the U.S. and China work together.

Regulation needs to catch up with innovation.

The paradox of writing is that you’re trying to use words to express what words can’t express.

Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war - for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more.

I like to get people moving and jumping. I think it's good to add more emotion and chaos.

I don't like to get involved in things that I am not familiar with. I'm kind of a hands-on type of person.

You don't think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking.

Somehow reading a book never feels like sitting still.

Today's practicality is often no more than the accepted form of yesterday's theory.

Our lives are merely trees of possibilities.

People don't bother to check with anything anymore. They just like to speculate in print. We like fact-checking!

I always try to create new experiences that are fun to play.