Here is my biggest takeaway after 60 years on the planet: There is great value in being fearless. For too much of my life, I was too afraid, too frightened by it all. That fear is one of my biggest regrets.

I've done all kinds of things I said I wouldn't do and, of course, now I'm glad. Thrilled.

Life is short and experiences with remarkable people are rare.

Katherine Heigl, she was exactly the opposite of what I thought she'd be like. She smokes cigarettes, or she did then, and she's got a truck-driver's mouth, and she's really funny.

That's what I learned. I learned I couldn't shed light on love other than to feel its comings and goings and be grateful.

I used to listen to Judy Garland all the time - I love Judy Garland and her music. But I started to realize that if you keep singing like that, singing songs of being victimized by love over and over and over again, it can't help but have a profound effect on your life.

It's very odd, being older, because in a way it's hard to own the past, even.