The indictment, in a lot of ways, that was the turning point.

I think we had made some tremendous progress in the six months before I left.

Are the things that now, in retrospect, with what I've seen happen to my company, would I have done some things differently? I think - I think we all would do - we would do a number of things differently.

I thought the stock was a great buy. I think anybody that bought the stock in 1999 was - saw over the next couple of years a strong growth. During the year of 1999, I significantly increased my ownership of shares in the company.

We were building a - what I thought was a fantastic company. We had great people. We were changing - we were changing the way the marketplace operated. We were creating a market for natural gas and electricity that had never existed before.

Well, as we built the business in the 1990's, as I said, I enjoyed that.

Was I believer in Enron Corporation? Yes, sir, I was.

We built that into a wholesale business that became, really, one of the largest companies in the United States. We had success in building new markets, opening markets for competition, and that takes a personal toll.

I sold some shares, but on a net basis, significantly increased my ownership.

In the fall of the year 2000, there just happened to be a decision point when they asked me to become Chief Executive Officer of the company. It was a time when, as you remember, we were starting to have some real problems in the California energy markets.

Well, actually, I had been working as a consultant to former companies of Enron, or predecessor companies of Enron and, so, I joined in 1990 to really start our wholesale merchant business.

Larry, I spent probably most of my professional life helping to build Enron Corporation. I don't think there was anyone that was as shocked by the - by the collapse of the company as I was.

The indictment, in a lot of ways, that was the turning point.

It was a very difficult 10 years of very hard work.

As much as I loathe this aging thing, I'm beginning to recognize that I am now a healthier person in terms of self-worth and knowing who I am and where I fit in the world. That's been a good trade-off for the wrinkles.

Social Security is the very foundation of retirement security for millions of Americans.

The way I try to live is 'Be here now.' Be your best self now.

No one expects us to love them flawlessly but we can love them fearlessly furiously and unreasonably.

I take it for granted that you do not wish to hear an echo from the pulpit nor from the theological class room.

Every script I've written and every series I've produced have expressed the things I most deeply believe.

It's really cool when a guy tips 20 per cent quickly and effortlessly so that when the check comes, he opens it and signs his name and done.

To reach your goal authentically is probably, in the end, going to mean much more to you than having reached it in a false way.

I'm just a simple guy swimming in a sea of sharks.

Climbing Mount Everest was the biggest mistake I've ever made in my life. I wish I'd never gone. I suffered for years of PTSD and still suffer from what happened. I'm glad I wrote a book about it. But, you know, if I could go back and relive my life, I would never have climbed Everest.

I just love mermaids. I was a mermaid in my past life. I just feel it when I go in the sea. I just feel a connection there between me, and the water, and the fish - they speak to me - and the shells - they ring out to me.

In '39, they had no problem with it. But today, there's a huge issue with a movie that has no male movie stars.

It is not the hours we put in on the job, it is what we put into the hours that counts.

There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go - if there are no doors or windows he walks through a wall.

Two increasing themes which appear to dominate our listening, reading and watching lives are propaganda and 'national security', or manufactured war.

I think it's great to be flawed. I am hugely flawed, and I like it this way. That's the fun of life. You fall, get up, make mistakes, learn from them, be human and be you.

The biggest adventure is to move into an area in which you are not an expert. Sometimes I joke that I am not interested in doing re-search, only search.

The president strongly believes that marriage in this country ought to be between a man and a woman. He also believes it is something that ought to be decided by the people. He doesn't believe that judges ought to impose their will on the people.

Surrealism, if an artist has to be influenced by it, is best taken in operatic overdoses for a very short time.

At training, I consider myself a bit of a morale booster. I take a pack of lollies just to boost the boys' morale. I see that as crucial. I try and be a good influence and keep a high energy.

I made a comfortable living for several years. I invested, and I protected myself, so I enjoy that freedom.

I am like that guy on the 'Odd Couple,' and it is not the neat guy. I go into my room and find pieces of pizza under the laundry.

I'm a big animal fanatic.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.