My parents' marriage was very rocky. They were always arguing. When they split up when I was in my 20s, my brother and I were both delighted because we knew they weren't good for each other.

So long as you've got your friends about you, and a good positive attitude, you don't really have to care what everyone else thinks.

I do mixed martial arts, mainly kickboxing.

I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness.

Every day I do something that freaks me out.

I'm always weeping at something or other.

My home is a place of warmth and love. No one should be denied a home.

I didn't have any problem bonding with Honey, but I was plagued with insecurities about my ability to bring up my baby.

The greatest thing you can give a child is confidence.

Mmm, I love Yoda. I didn't like Jar Jar Binks though, he was all wrong.

The more I read about feeding times, sleep times and waking-up times, the more inadequate and miserable I felt.

Every person has a longing to be significant, to make a contribution, to be a part of something noble and purposeful.

It is a misery to be born a pain to live a trouble to die.

We can't all be heroes because someone has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.

Hopefully, imparting what's important to me, respect for the food and that information about the purveyors, people will realize that for a restaurant to be good, so many pieces have to come together.

We have to put people on pedestals; otherwise, there's no one to knock off pedestals.

Failure is the price of excellence.

By the time something reaches the cover of Time magazine, it's old news anyway.

Our strength is in our dreams, and those who do not dare to dream damn themselves.

Ghosts and vampires are never only about ghosts and vampires.

All things that are, are with more spirit chased than enjoyed.