Alcohol has never caused anyone to do something they didn't want to do. It only enables them to do what they've always wanted but have instead repressed.

Rapport equals trust plus comfort.

When I look down at my pale, skinny body, I wonder why any woman would want to sleep next to it, let alone embrace it.

STRAUSS:Have you ever thought about putting those experiences into a book? RICHIE:I did decide to write about what i experienced in climbing to the top. And finally when I got there, I discovered what was at the top.You know what was there? STRAUSS: No, I don't. RICHIE: Nothing. Not one thing. What was at the top was all the experiences that you had to get there.

True endurance, I think, comes from the inside. It comes from motivation and belief in what you're doing.

Without commitment, you cannot have depth in anything, whether it's a relationship, a business or a hobby.

When the Internet first came into public use, it was hailed as a liberation from conformity, a floating world ruled by passion, creativity, innovation and freedom of information. When it was hijacked first by advertising and then by commerce, it seemed like it had been fully co-opted and brought into line with human greed and ambition.