Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.

The writer’s life is a life of obsession.

I'm not going to sit here and say I'm a role model or anything, but I do think I have a responsibility.

To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.