"I got sober. I stopped killing myself with alcohol. I began to think: 'Wait a minute - if I can stop doing this, what are the possibilities?' And slowly it dawned on me that it was maybe worth the risk."

"Why do people do things that they fear? It may be that the fear contains information. Something can be interesting if you get to the other side of that fear."

"Other than the laws of physics, rules have never really worked out for me."

"I used to believe, like many people who come from poor backgrounds, that it gave me an edge, but I think that's just something we have to tell ourselves to get by sometimes. I don't believe that anymore. Children of privilege can be just as talented and clever as anybody else."

"We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries."

"To conquer fear is to realize that the light of knowledge dispels the darkness of ignorance."

"Fear of death has never played a large part in my consciousness - perhaps unimaginative of me."

"To conquer fear is to realize that every ending is merely a new beginning in disguise."