You may not want to hear it, but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better.

There's a limit to how many times you can read how great you are and what an inspiration you are, but I'm not there yet.

When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they've given up on you.

No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse. At the same time, it is often within your power to make them better

I was trying to put myself in a bottle that would one day wash up on the beach for my children. If I were a painter, I would have painted for them. If I were a musician, I would have composed music. But I am a lecturer. So I lectured.

If she doesn't really love you, then it's over. And if she does love you, then love will win out.

It is not the things we do in life that we regret on our death bed. It is the things we do not.