The tension between centrality, on the one hand, and competition, on the other, is probably the oldest of all market structure issues.

Our role is to maintain and monitor a framework in which fair competition can flourish.

Although the Internet makes it seem as if you have a direct connection to the securities market, you don't. Lines may clog; systems may break; orders may back-up.

Our purpose, as we face these challenges, remains clear - fair and orderly markets that allow for efficient capital formation, while protecting the interests of investors.

The most important and urgent problems of the technology of today are no longer the satisfactions of the primary needs or of archetypal wishes, but the reparation of the evils and damages by the technology of yesterday.

Bionic Woman' really enriched my career. It was a big, amazing thing to do.

I am very conscious that, having worked part time, having had a rather disrupted career, my research record is a good deal patchier than any man's of a comparable age.

I've always had fun looking forward, seeing where technology is going, and finding interesting ways of applying that to comedy.