It's always been easy with Mark, he's a rock fan and we speak the same language. He's a big Beatles fan too. We worked a lot via CLI calls, though only meeting up once every couple of months.

Everything has added up to a load that I'm getting tired of carrying. It's gotten so complicated. It's the three failed marriages, and having kids that grew up without me, and it's the personal criticism, of being Mr. Nice Guy, or of divorcing my wife by fax, all that stuff, the journalism, some of which I find insulting.

Of course you can't please everyone all the time. It's just something that I've got to get over, and I'm better at it now.

I feel terrible for women that have had Phil Collins tattoos. Their poor husbands have to deal with.

Before you write - remember that every speech has something of 'you' in the writing. Don't take that away when you write. Be yourself. Be comfortable in your own skin.

Considering yourself selflessly selfish is a principle of all great thinkers

As I've gotten older and learned more, I realise that Hollywood has not told the truth.