Soros is quoted as literally thinking he is a god . I fancied myself as some kind of god he wrote . If truth be known , I carried some rather potent messianic fantasies with me from childhood , which I felt I had to control , otherwise they might get me in trouble . When asked by Britain ' s Independent newspaper to elaborate on that statement , Soros doubled down It is a sort of disease when you consider yourself some kind of god , the creator of everything , but I feel comfortable about it now since I began to live it out . Since I began to live it out . Those unfamiliar with Soros would probably dismiss that claim as nothing more the typical blathering of an irrelevant madman . But those who have followed his career and sociopolitical endeavors realize that while he may be mad , he is a mad billionaire , and billionaires tend not to be irrelevant .