I was a frustrated astronaut all my life. I grew up at a time when space seemed to have no boundaries, and lots of us presumed humans would be living on the moon and landing on Mars.

I watched the moon landing as a boy, and I thought that was the most exciting thing ever, going into space, orbiting Earth and exploring other planets. That looked fantastic.

You can use melted butter instead of oil, but your cake may be a little denser.

It took me years to learn to sit at my desk for more than two minutes at a time, to put up with the solitude and the terror of failure, and the godawful silence and the white paper.

Sitting around on the couch eating Pringles all day is not going to help anyone.

Well, TV does a better job. In film, the justification has been that movies focused on stories or featuring people of color don't make money.

I guess I really always wanted to act. When I was seven, I actually had the opportunity to come out to California. Ive always really loved playing a part, playing a character and being someone else.

Newspapers, magazines and other publications have the constitutional right to be offensive, even disgusting. As evidence of that, just watch this space regularly.

I love nuts. I'm for nuts. I am nuts.

By learning to trust your intuition, miracles seem to happen. Intuitive thoughts are gifts from the higher self.

The smartest side to take in a bidding war is the losing side.

They feed the crocodile in the hope that he will eat them last.