I've been totally replaced by people who are superior. I was doing, like, 15 different things. It's very gratifying to watch your job done better.

It's obvious that St. Louis has certain advantages compared to other cities: namely, a concentration of financial services.

This entrepreneurial energy that we have in the Midwest doesn't have to go out to the coasts to get fed and watered.

In December 1989, my mother died very suddenly, and that sparked a re-evaluation of what I was doing, and I realized I was mediocre at everything. I was a mediocre IBM employee, I was a mediocre entrepreneur, I was a mediocre artist. I decided that, although my mom wouldn't be around to see it, I wanted to be great at something.

We live in an age of great jitteriness in the financial markets. And there's no doubt at all, I think, that the volume of computer-traded stocks has helped contribute to that.

Some, but much of my money is tied up in Playboy stock.

Don't nobody wanna talk about or hear about somebody donating money to a charity. You wanna hear about what Bin Laden is doing and what you think is on his mind.

Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is 'The X Factor.'