Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed.

What I learned at Oxford has been used to great advantage throughout my business career.

The overwhelming majority of my rated wealth consists of investments in companies that produce goods and services.

My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing.

Anna Karenina' is just a story about a woman falling in love with a bloke who is not her husband. It's gossip, rubbish - on the other hand, it's the deepest story there could be about social transgression, about love, betrayal, duty, children.

I used to try to draw my girlfriends. I think one of the most romantic things that anybody can do is draw a portrait of the person you love.

I was just coming out of prison, I was married, and I had a kid, and I didn't know what to do, so I tried stand-up.

Love and hate are two of the strongest emotions we feel in relationships.