I drove long distances like the 24 hours of Le Mans for years. But even this racing is now over. I retired.

My father was a motorsports journalist and a motorbike fan. He gave me my motocross bike.

And luckily, therefore the good old days return. The traditional art of driving counts again, and it is all about good tactics, skills and reflexes instead of simple power.

The fact that I am still alive after 100,000 laps is my championship.

The margin between success and drama is fractional.

In the past, two colleagues died each season. It was generally accepted this could happen.

In the end I didn't get a top car any more. I had no toughness left. That was the reality.

I am infinitely grateful to the life which privileged me.

I believe to have been one of the rare drivers to have returned to Ferrari.

@She is really really so beautiful there, ' said Assad.Carl glanced at him. Apparently a woman's appearance was a particularly valuable factor in his assistant's world-view. But Carl agreed with him.

If I have gained anything over these months, it is the knowledge there is no starting over- only living with the mistakes you've made.

The fact that people are in positions does not justify the means that they are leaders. A leader can be blind and to know this, check his sense of vision.

Pop music has always adopted the style of marrying upbeat melodies to dour lyrics.

I'm an actor who believes we all have triggers to any stage of emotion. It's not always easy to find but it's still there.

When you're cornered, there are two things you can do: move or fight.

My theory is that the only people who hate hipsters are hipsters.

I have a tendency to be lucky and make the right choices based on limited information.

I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write.

In my childhood, America was like a religion. Then, real-life Americans abruptly entered my life - in jeeps - and upset all my dreams.