I did, although I didn't read from page 1 to page 187 but I read chunks of it. I did a little bit of science when I was in the university so I was able to understand the graphs and pie charts and stuff like that. It was extremely dry.

I'm constantly reading books on God or the absence of God and atheism.

I keep fit as much as I can.

Live and die on this day... Live and die on this day.

...Venice has been the living future of contemporary American history since its inception.

I've had an unbelievable life. I've been very lucky. You do create your own luck too, you know? I never forget where I'm from. Whenever I pass a building site or see somebody digging a ditch, I always think, 'That's real work.'

I was reared a Catholic but I think every day we ask ourselves, not consciously, what are we doing on this planet? What's it all about?