Once you consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things back the way they are.

My father told me, never have partners.

The Hercules' was a monumental undertaking. It is the largest aircraft ever built... I put the sweat of my life into this thing.

Play off everyone against each other so that you have more avenues of action open to you.

When I had money in the past, I would always travel rather than spend it on big apartments or cars. And I still feel exactly the same way.

Money is just a low priority for me. I'm more interested in good work than a big bank account.

I'm sort of murdered for selling books. The idea is, if you make money your work can't be literary.

I know how to finance something. It's easier today because, as you're more successful, everybody wants to do deals with you. But even in the beginning, when I took Landry's public, I owned 100 percent of it. I never had investors or anything. I was just always able to find a way to do it.