A life lived in fear is a life half lived.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth.

My father made sure that I had lots of levels of education – from ballroom-dancing to painting, commando training, theatre and magic.

To be honest, there is a tourists' trail; my family had a farm and a gas station, and you can go and see my birthplace, though where I lived is actually under a freeway now.

All good, clean stories are melodrama, it's just the set of devices that determines how you show or hide it.

Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself