How does writing a biography compare to being a managing director at Morgan Stanley?
It’s quite different. At Morgan Stanley, I was always talking with clients, traveling all the time, always tied to the daily news and the market. It was very exciting. It took me some time to adjust to a much slower pace and become more introspective. You studied finance and business administration at Texas. Why didn’t you study writing? When I was in high school, English was my strongest subject. But I came of age in the 1970s and had this strong drive to have a career and become financially self-sufficient. I entered the business world and went into accounting. I have a habit of pursuing challenges that teach me the most, not where I have my greatest strengths. That took me to math and business, which were my weakest areas. And that brought me to Wall Street. You were part of that early wave of women at Texas who studied for MBAs. What did you take away from your experience at the business school? The quality of education I got at the university and the other women in my classes made
