“I genuinely believe that if you want to get in the film business, get in the film business.”

“The comic book world is a tough business.”

“I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.”

“I'm lucky. The best possible place in the world for training is Addis Ababa, so I am home all the time except when I am racing. I like to be there, near my family, my kids, also the real estate business I run with my wife.”

“When you're eight years old nothing is your business.”

“In business or in life, don't follow the wagon tracks too closely.”

“Planning cities is a necessary but risky business.”

“I can take more punishment than anyone in the business.”

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”