"I always knew that I'd probably do something in the arts."

“I never wanted to be a movie star.”

“For whatever reason, that dream I had of going to Hollywood never went away. But when I got to LA at just 19 years of age, my faith was the foundation that gave me the confidence that I needed to believe that it would all work out and was a reason for the open and closed doors. Today, my faith is the center of my career.”

Source : Source: www.christianpost.com

“Media is very different from financial services. People are very fickle and very vocal. They believe that things should be one way and not the other. It's still very rewarding to build products for huge audiences. It feels like you're making an impact.”

Source : "Max Levchin on Slide’s big virtual goods bet, scams and — mating". Interview with Kim-Mai Cutler, venturebeat.com. November 5, 2009.

“If it's red, French, costs too much, and tastes like the water that's left in the vase after the flowers have died and rotted, it's probably Burgundy.”

“So loud was the wailing of the women and children that there was not one man among us whose heart did not bleed at the sound...”

“My dear hands. Farewell, my poor hands.”

Source : "Sergei Rachmaninoff: A Lifetime in Music". Book by Sergei Bertensson, p. 381, 2002.

“But the revolutions and changes which are responsible for the present state of the earth are not limited to the upsetting of the ancient strata and to the ebbing of the sea after the formations of new layers.”

“At the age of 80, I'm becoming a visual artist. This could be my rebirth.”