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There were a lot of naysayers over the years. People would say, ‘Why are we spending all of this money? Are you sure this cellular thing will turn out to be something?'" ”
Given a choice, people will demand the freedom to communicate wherever they are, unfettered by the infamous copper wire. ”
People are mobile. They move around, and anytime they want to communicate, if you tie them to the wall or the wires, you're restricting them, you're infringing on their freedom. ”
Wireless is freedom. It's about being unleashed from the telephone cord and having the ability to be virtually anywhere when you want to be. ”
They're so generous, the American fans. They send money to the various charities I support. I tried to raise a little bit of money to send to Nepal, and they were straight in with thousands of dollars. ”
Not everything is for sale; not everything is about money. ”
Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough. ”
People ask me if I ever thought of writing a children's book. I say, 'If I had a serious brain injury I might well write a children's book', but otherwise the idea of being conscious of who you're directing the story to is anathema to me, because, in my view, fiction is freedom and any restraints on that are intolerable. ”
On 'Sex and The City', when Carrie talked about money problems, I would always think, 'Sell your shoes!' ”
I don't want to talk about the regulation of financial markets because that is not my sphere of expertise. It's a very complicated topic, and if I have written a number of books they are always on topics that I think I know something about. ”