My father helped me leave. He said, 'It's all out there, it's not here.'

That's the great thing about New Year's, you get to be a year older. For me, that wasn't such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time. When I was a kid, my father used to tell me that everybody was celebrating my birthday. That's what the trees are all about.

I'm only... I'm only unhappy when the reviews are bad, but give me a good review and I'm a... I'm just screaming all over the place with joy.

You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.

You know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.

My father was a dreamer - my hero. He was a smart, tough guy from Poland, a cutter of lady's handbags, an old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: 'Don't end up like me.'

When I get up in the morning, I have to decide what I'm going to have for dinner or I can't get through the day.