I’m me, and at the same time not me. That’s what it felt like. A very still, quiet feeling.

Whiskey, like a beautiful woman, demands appreciation. You gaze first, then it's time to drink.

If you really want to know something, you have to be willing to pay the price.

Well, finally, the events I've been through have been tremendously complicated. All kinds of characters have come on the scene, and strange things have happened one after another, to the point where, if I try to think about them in order, I lose track.

Everybody has to start somewhere. You have your whole future ahead of you. Perfection doesn't happen right away.

I've been running a full marathon every year for more than 20 years, and my record is getting worse. Getting older, getting worse. It's natural.

I think most people live in fiction...That's how you keep your fragile body intact.