I never did any training in journalism or in finance, so I really was in the deep end. I got very good at going to press conferences and nodding. I'd figure it out when I got back to the office. Charts and numbers. I've never been great with facts, ever, my whole life. For a journalist, that's not a very good trait.

It's just the way things are. And you can't dwell on what might have been. You have to look at what is.

...you may be able to sway people's heads. But you can't sway their hearts.

I can't get over this. Dad isn't Sam's dad? Dad is a friend? How was I supposed to know that? People shouldn't be allowed to sign themselves as Dad unless they are your dad. It should be the law.

We all fail to appreciate each day just how much we already possess. Light, air, freedom, the companionship of friends.

I can't cook. I don't have the right brain for it, somehow. I can't walk into a room and tidy it up. I get distracted. I pick up one thing and I start looking at it. And my cooking is truly heinous.

I think a lot of people still fantasise about that first love and what might happen if they rekindled the relationship.