Deep in my heart it still feels like I'm a journalist even though I haven't worked for a paper and carried a press pass for 14 years.

I think there's a general misconception that anything written quickly lacks quality, and I don't believe that.

I'm going to have to be impressed and feel confident in the people I'm handing a book to - or I'm not going to do it. Once you hand it to them, you're out. You have no control over it.

You know you're going to get burned from time to time. It's just part of the game. So when it happens you have to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and forget about it because they're about to snap the ball again.

You can't patch a wounded soul with a Band-Aid.

It's only a wonderful world if you can make it that way. There are no street signs pointing to Paradise Road.

We're all seeking order. We're all seeking control.