When someone asks, 'Does success make you into a monster?' I always say, 'No, it enables you to be a monster.'

The secret of my success is that I make other people money. And, never ever, ever, ever be ashamed about trying to earn as much as possible for yourself, if the person you're working with is also making money. That's life!

You don't go into anything contemplating failure, because if you did, you wouldn't make it.

I could just sit back and get someone to spin my achievements, I suppose, but when I see others do it, I always think, 'Why are you telling me how successful you are?' I am always suspicious of those kinds of boasts.

My attitude is, if someone's going to criticize me, tell me to my face.

I'm not sure who has the right to say that you have better taste than somebody else, because essentially what you're doing is calling millions of people morons.