My secret for success? I don't know what the hell success means.

But find something that you absolutely love doing. And then get to love the way you do it. That's the uniqueness of all of us. That's it.

The United States, per capita, at a certain period in its history, had the most junkies of any country ever in the world - right after the Civil War. The most brutal war, the greatest amount of casualties that America's ever had.

I have an old brain but a terrific memory.

The struggle goes on. The victory is in the struggle, for me. And I accepted that a long time ago.

Understood what the struggle was about. My mother. Couldn't read or write, but she had more sense than many a graduate from Harvard.

As long as you gave it your best shot, even if in the opinion of others 'you failed,' you didn't fail.