In the '70s, everybody thought drugs were just good times. People didn't really know about drug addiction, or that such a thing existed. When I grew up in the '70s I thought you had to take drugs. It was almost like I didn't think you had a choice.

The knock-out punch is always the one you never see coming.

Something gets lost when you translate. It's hard to keep straight. Perspective is every thing.

I think, to be happy is to be interested and engaged.

I don't consider myself a great writer, but I would like to think that I can at least proof- read.

One of the things I've really gotten past in the last couple of years is the idea of being made uncomfortable by the way things appear, rather than how things are. Clearly in this business you have to contend with a lot of that.

If your standards are low, you're going to stop pretty early on in the process.