It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.

Time is the friend of the wonderful company the enemy of the mediocre.

To help a friend in need is easy but to give him your time is not always opportune.

When friends asked me Can we help? I'd say Not unless you can alter time speed up the harvest or teleport me off this rock. I used that line from Star Wars.

There's no ex out there who I'm not friends with today and I'm extremely thankful for that.

I decided that if I were to write a teen series I'd want to set it in a place that was familiar to me - Manhattan where I'd grown up - and I'd model the characters on myself and my friends.

Being a teen can be tough. Just try to surround yourself with really good friends that really have your back and also be a really good friend to those who really care about you. If you're not sure about certain things talk to your friends that you trust and your family.

Friendships in childhood are usually a matter of chance whereas in adolescence they are most often a matter of choice.

Standing beneath the white light of an Apple store is like standing on a Stanley Kubrick movie set. His '2001: A Space Odyssey' predicted Jobs and a future where technology was our friend. Kubrick of course didn't like what he saw. And occasionally I have my doubts.

I have friends who have a CD mastering plant in Hollywood and they are very sceptical about European record labels' understanding of digital technology.