We have to make our own happiness, and we have to make our own decisions and play the hand that is dealt to us.

I was lucky enough to be fairly quick at understanding what was taught, but unlucky enough not to be really interested in it, so I always got my exams but never had the scholar's love of learning for its own sake.

I think I was dealt a good hand. I have happy genes.

I think I'm brave because I've made decisions based - I hope not entirely selfishly - on what I think is right for me to do next.

Success is not like a cake that needs to be divided. It's more like a heap of stones - a cairn. If someone is successful, they add a stone to the cairn. It gets very high and can be seen from all over the world. That's how I see it.

I couldn't have children, so that's the bad side. But compared to everything else I have, it's not all that terribly bad. I count my winners rather than my losers.

I look placid, you see, that's why people think I'm fine. Inside I worry a lot.