Whenever I was planning a trip or a holiday, flights and hotels were easy. But when it comes to the stuff you want to do when you get there, working that out was really hard.

Wouldn't it be amazing if we spent as much energy investing in experiences as we do investing in things?

I kept being told, 'If you really want to build a start up, you have to be in San Francisco,' so I ended up taking out a suitcase. It did occur to me to do it in London but it's very, very difficult to build a start up in London - so I guess I was being lazy.

I fell in love with commerce and the opportunities that come with compelling visual storytelling.

No matter how much wealth anybody has, family problems are about the same across the board.

There are a lot of people with a lot of money, and I'm amazed they don't understand what a great pleasure it can be to give.

International affairs is very much run like the mafia. The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn't pay his protection money. You have to have obedience; otherwise, the idea can spread that you don't have to listen to the orders, and it can spread to important places.

Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision.