The principles we live by, in business and in social life, are the most important part of happiness.
If you're not ready the moment things happen, then you're irrelevant, you might as well not go.
In the beginning, New York and I had kind of a love-hate relationship. It seemed so abrasive compared to Europe. But the transformation here in recent years is really something. I don't think I would have seen as much change if I'd lived in any other city in the world.