I'm an executive director at a company which gives out retail loans.

I was a punk rocker when I was a teenager. I wanted to look like Nancy Spungen. I had dyed blonde hair and lots of piercings.

We no longer dare to believe in beauty and we make of it a mere appearance in order the more easily to dispose of it.

If you're the type of person who has to fulfill your dreams, you've gotta be resourceful to make sure you can do it. I came out to California when I was 21, thinking my New York credentials would take me all the way. I came back home a year later all dejected and a failure.

There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure.