I say to people, keep it simple. If you want to change your food, change your breakfast.

Number one, we have to talk about mental illnesses. Number two, you can actually address things from a purer and honest direct line to what's been going on in your life and how you've been feeling and why you think the way you think. I do think there is a genetic predisposition for mental illness, for depression, for suicide, but I also think that lifestyle can change things. If you're an addict, if you drink and you're putting a depressant into your body, it's going to cause serious problems.

I don't take myself terribly seriously. It's why I can be incredibly honest about my life.

Sometimes you can't see your way out. The "dark night of the soul" - it's a reality for many, many people.

Living a simpler life has turned out to be one of the keys to being more awake and healthy.

I thought my book was done, then we went to Hawaii and the whole last chapter happened.

I wanted out of my pain and that silliness, but I wanted an easy out. That's before realizing that there is no easy out. Before accepting that you just have to do the work.