My three years in Manhattan were sort of my university years. I was learning by myself, and it was a tough time. That's when I began writing articles for newspapers back home about life in New York. This interest took over, and I moved from painting to writing.

Nabokov can be almost too delicate at times, but in 'Lolita,' he puts his aristocratic sensitivity to use in such a dark tale that it creates this great tension between the story being told and the style that it's written in. And it's just amazing that one of the best novels in English was written by a Russian.

I'm the kind of writer who thinks style is just as important as the story being told.

For us Icelanders, the Sagas are like the Bible, only much better.

I think Katie Price is a really good businesswoman. She has made so much money.

What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

Privacy is a vast subject. Also, remember that privacy and convenience is always a trade-off. When you open a bank account and want to borrow some money, and you want to get a very cheap loan, you'll share all details of your assets because you want them to give you a low interest rate.

If you make time each month to give your money some attention, you'll start the next year in fabulous financial shape.