Well I could have been just a writer. I had been a hair dresser. I could have stuck with that.

My whole life has been about changing negatives into positives. I got famous, then I got cancer, and now I live to talk about it. Sometimes the best gifts come in the ugliest packages.

Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.

I've lived, laughed, lost, and loved again the whole Shakespearian thing.

Every time you go to the doctor and get a good report, the odds keep staking more in your favour.

I had my moments when I got very frightened that I would not recover.

I went into the world, threw myself into the world, and great things came out of it.