but I have no mind for business and considered staying awake to be enough of an accomplishment.

People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals that do not inspire them.

Although I knew that he had motivation and concentration and an amazing work ethic, ... all of those things just paled by comparison when I actually found out how intense these qualities are in him. He has an amazing quest for self-improvement, which continues on.

I introduce people to the ugly side of wealth...It's called work.

My circumstances of unrelieved responsibility and permanent distraction necessitated the short story form.

I'm the most important person in the lives of almost everyone I know and a good number of the people I've never even met.