I tried to find a rhythm, and I stopped comparing myself to anybody else. One of the great phrases for me is "Compare and despair." If I compare myself to Kate Middleton or Dame Judi Dench, I'm going to come out at the bottom and be sad.

To make new friends you have be willing to put in the time.

I think my capacity to change has given me tremendous happiness, because who I am today I am completely content to be.

Recovery is an acceptance that your life is in shambles and you have to change it.

The system is only as good as the person programming it. If you don't have the follow-through, your system is useless. And by the way, it's that way in parenting; it's that way in marriages.

I recommend it to all people: Get down on the floor and look at the world from where the child looks at it.

I thought, while they're up and firm, why not shoot them once or twice.