My goal in the beginning was to buy my mother a house. Now I realize okay if I really focus and become a key player in business then I can build an empire.

I was a good amateur but only an average professional. I soon realized that there was a limit to how far I could rise in the music business so I left the band and enrolled at New York University.

After a while of getting jerked around you realize what the business is really made up of.

In this business by the time you realize you're in trouble it's too late to save yourself. Unless you're running scared all the time you're gone.

When you're young you look at television and think there's a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older you realize that's not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want.

I suddenly realized how much I loved her when we attended Alfred Hitchcock's 75th birthday party last August. There was something magical about that night and it made me see how much she really meant to me.

I hate birthdays. I thought that I only hated my own birthday and then I realized that I hate my children's birthdays too.

My first recognition of age setting in was exactly on my 36th birthday. I have no idea why on this day of all days I looked in the mirror and realized my face no longer looked young.

In less enlightened times the best way to impress women was to own a hot car. But women wised up and realized it was better to buy their own hot cars so they wouldn't have to ride around with jerks.

To be successful in real estate you must always and consistently put your clients' best interests first. When you do your personal needs will be realized beyond your greatest expectations.