Not being able to sleep is terrible. You have the misery of having partied all night... Without the satisfaction.

When Kate was born, she was born into a world of joy and happiness and confidence. The difference between the children is night and day. She's happy, she's thriving, she's full of self-confidence. I tell her she's beautiful every day before I send her off to school.

Never tell anyone that you're writing a book, going on a diet, exercising, taking a course, or quitting smoking. They'll encourage you to death.

I know it sounds crazy, but I have had far more connection with my parents after their deaths.

On a lazy Saturday morning when you're lying in bed, drifting in and out of sleep, there is a space where fantasy and reality become one. Are you awake, or are you dreaming? You see people and things; some are familiar; some are strange. You talk, you feel, but you move without walking; you fly without wings. Your mind and your body exist, but on separate planes. Time stands still. For me, this is the feeling I have when ideas come.

I had a terrible marriage the first time around because I had no self-confidence, even though I had tremendous self-confidence.

An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything.