With wealth, one is in a position of responsibility. You must try to help others. It is as simple as that.

What's dangerous is the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few individuals.

The billionaire who sits on his money and doesn't do anything for the common good - I'm not interested in that person.

To lose your last remaining parent is the toughest thing. It is a very lonely thing.

I earn a lot of money in England doing voice-overs, especially in documentaries. Turn on the Discovery Channel here, and you'll hear my voice a lot. It subsidizes my vice of acting in the theater.

Skills-building opportunities should be extended to people outside of the mainstream talent pool. That might include at-risk youth, veterans returning to the workforce, or immigrants struggling to make a life for themselves in a foreign culture. The process for creating wealth must begin with creating opportunity for all.

I don't want to look like I'm money-hungry.

Civic poetry is public poetry. It is political poetry. It is about the hard stuff of life: money, crime, gender, corporate excess, racial injustice. It gives expression not just to our rites but also to our problems and even our values; these poems are not about rustic vacations.