"I do all of the grocery shopping in my little family. I buy cheese, of many different kinds, sliced packaged meats and poultry, bagels, immense quantities of eggs, pre-made fried chicken. Milk. Bacon. It is insane how much dairy, deli and bakery stuff I buy."

"Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing."

"The people who did the collateralized mortgage obligations, sold them to pension funds, then sold them short, then bought credit default swap insurance on them, are just amazing. They are a law unto themselves."

"If you want to fight the evil you see in finance and industry, get to work reading the corporate filings, see if there has been fraud, and where you find it, report it to the SEC or write about it or blog about it."

"I see people who talk about America, and then undermine it by not paying attention to its soul, to its poetry. I see polarization, reductionism and superficiality."

"I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring."

"It is a steadfast truth that art is the soul's attempt to give enduring form to the formless."

"God is a concept by which we measure our pain."