I've seen rock stars agonize over the fact that another artist has far more Facebook 'likes' and Twitter followers than they do.

In life, people tend to wait for good things to come to them. And by waiting, they miss out. Usually, what you wish for doesn't fall in your lap; it falls somewhere nearby, and you have to recognize it, stand up, and put in the time and work it takes to get to it. This isn't because the universe is cruel. It's because the universe is smart. It has its own cat-string theory and knows we don't appreciate things that fall into our laps.

Never underestimate your own capacity to care.

While I am impulsive in many areas of my life, marriage is not one of them.

We make fun of those we're most scared of becoming.

A lot of women - not all of them, a lot of them - feel insecure about men being men.

In fact, every woman I met seemed disposable and replaceable. I was experiencing seducer's paradox: The better a seducer I became, the less I loved women. Success was no longer defined by getting laid or finding a girlfriend, but by how well I performed.