I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind, furious optimism.

I keep trying to tell people. I said, at 40, 45, you're at that crossroads. You really are there. And it's not like you can have gain without pain, but this is it. The days are - like when I wrote this whole thing about, in the beginning of my first magazine. I said, "If you live to be 75 years old, that's 3,900 weekends. That's it."

You have to grab life by the throat and squeeze before it grabs you by your neck and breaks it. Own your destiny.

I really am a manifestation of my own fantasy.

We do two things in life: We race the clock and everything is a struggle. One way or not, it's a metaphorical battle all of the time.

I think that's become passe, but if you can surround yourself with a kind of monument to yourself and your family - a statement - and you can afford it, then that's a noble project.

When I'm on a location, I pick a restaurant that's close and private and eat all my meals there.