I have always looked at the world through the prism of money to some degree. If you could follow the money, it explains a lot of things, in all sorts of aspects of the world. You can look at politics through the prism of money. You can look at art through the prism of money. You can look at sports through the prism of money. Andrew Ross Sorkin Read Quote
As a journalist, a big part of what you do is search for drama and conflict. And a lot of the backstory with ‘Billions’ is grounded in my journalistic background. Andrew Ross Sorkin Read Quote
Traditionally, we think that people with ideas are innovators – that Silicon Valley is the world of ideas. But within the hedge-fund world, they believe that they are men of ideas – that the trade is unto itself one of ideas. Andrew Ross Sorkin Read Quote
Bringing back something akin to Glass-Steagall would clearly help limit risk in the system. And that’s a very good and worthy goal. Letting banks sell securities and insurance products and services allowed them to grow too big too fast and fueled a culture that put profit and pay over prudence. Andrew Ross Sorkin Read Quote
I’m not a real sports guy, but I check ESPN.com just so I know what people are talking about. Andrew Ross Sorkin Read Quote
On TV at night, I DVR lots of programs – I use it more like a magazine rack flipping through shows than actually watching them in full. ‘Charlie Rose,’ ‘Meet the Press,’ ’60 Minutes’ are musts for me. I also DVR ‘NBC’s Nightly News’ and ‘The Chris Matthews Show’ on Sunday. Andrew Ross Sorkin Read Quote
If I have a spare second, I usually catch up on the many magazines I’m behind on or watch the latest movies on demand that I usually missed at the theater. I love magazines. My top three: Graydon Carter’s ‘Vanity Fair’, Adam Moss’ ‘New York magazine’ and David Remnick’s ‘New Yorker.’ Andrew Ross Sorkin Read Quote
If I could only follow one person on Twitter, it would be Heidi Moore. She’s a financial journalist at NPR’s Marketplace. Andrew Ross Sorkin Read Quote
Since JPMorgan Chase announced its surprise $2 billion-and-growing trading loss, there have been renewed calls from economists, pundits, and politicians to reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act, a Depression-era law that prevented commercial banks from participating in investment banking activities. Andrew Ross Sorkin Read Quote
I think Ben Bernanke and Tim Geithner shared the view that they shouldn’t be in the business of bailouts, but you know, you’re not in the business of bailouts until you frankly think you need to be. Andrew Ross Sorkin Read Quote
