Ron Chernow

The mutual fund industry and small investors are very relentless and very unforgiving if people don't perform.

A crash really occurs when you suddenly have a violent downturn in the market that then heralds a long bull market.

By the late 1980s people realized that houses did not always appreciate and that they could fluctuate like any other market commodity.

When you hit your 40s, you begin to take notice of the effects of aging because people that you know begin to die of heart attacks and tumors, so we take notice of the effects of aging.

I spend a lot of time on eBay buying vintage. I also really like Alexander Wang, Miu Miu, Vivienne Westwood, McQueen and Balmain.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.