My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have the potential to be comic stories the next.

My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have the potential to be comic stories the next.

Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around.

Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around.

I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity.

I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity.

Becoming a father I think it inevitably changes your perspective of life. I don't get nearly enough sleep. And the simplest things in life are completely satisfying. I find you don't have to do as much like you don't go on as many outings.

Becoming a father I think it inevitably changes your perspective of life. I don't get nearly enough sleep. And the simplest things in life are completely satisfying. I find you don't have to do as much like you don't go on as many outings.

While we have the gift of life it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die – whether it is our spirit our creativity or our glorious uniqueness.

While we have the gift of life it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die – whether it is our spirit our creativity or our glorious uniqueness.