I Felt I Was Owned By Possessions.

Singapore Has Been Incredibly Well-managed. It Was Created Out Of The Swamp, With A Strong Emotional Idea: A Safe Place For Mostly Chinese, But Accepting Other Cultures And Other Races.

L.a. Is Very Special To Me, So Far Away From My World On The East Coast, Europe, Asia. It's A Bit Of An Island For Me - Less Intense, Less Busy; Because Of Time Difference And Location, It Has A Calming Effect. At Least It Used To Be All That.

If You Have Things And If You Are A Perfectionist, Which I Am, You Have To Really Tend To Them, And It Takes Energy Away From Other Things.

Most Countries In Africa Have The Capacity To Be Great Agricultural Producers, But They Do Only Subsistence Production. So A Family Will Produce For Themselves And Nothing More. Why? Because Of The Systems: The Markets Are Not There To Go Beyond.

California Is A Place Of Invention, A Place Of Courage, A Place Of Vision, A Place Of The Future. People Who Made California What It Is Were Willing To Take Risks, Think Outside Convention And Build.