"I'm not after fame and success and fortune and power. It's mostly that I want to have a good job and have good friends that's the good stuff in life."

"I still, at hotel rooms, I do this one sort of not-so-cool thing: continually shoving my room service tray in front of someone else's door. Because I don't want the remnants. I don't want to be caught, like, being like the pig that I was at two in the morning."

"You can't live your life blaming your failures on your parents and what they did or didn't do for you. You're dealt the cards that you're dealt. I realised it was a waste of time to be angry at my parents and feel sorry for myself."

"At 35, I'm definitely starting to feel more like a grown-up than I ever have. There's nothing in my life that is childish or whimsical. Having fun is fantastic and I never want to lose a sense of that - and also, I think, you have to have that to put into your work or else it's going to feel stiff."

"Breathe deeply, anchor your attention in this breath, and let the storm pass. Remember this in moments of decisive trial."

"Wisdom principle 15 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 88."

"Wisdom is the quiet art of recognizing what can be changed and releasing what cannot. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a essential truth that experience is the stern teacher that gives the examination before the lesson — an essential principle for the reflective life."