The whole secret to our success is being able to con ourselves into believing that we're going to change the world because statistically we are unlikely to do it.

Like everybody I have invested in things that have gone bad because there's never any guarantee of success or profit when it comes to money.

I feel like a hostage to fortune. Not that I am complaining. I wanted to play the role. But in truth I didn't think the show would be such a success. OK I thought it would fail. Not because it was bad. I was confident it was good but plenty of good things just sort of wither on the vine.

Sometimes because of my success I am afraid that I was not a good father. With the first two I was too strong and with the other three I was too weak.

In a way a certain amount of self-criticism is a good thing because it keeps you humble. Realizing that no matter what success you've achieved you can still make enemies makes you humble too.

Because after my first year I had a lot of success took everybody by storm came back the next year thought it was easy and didn't have near the season I had the previous year. It was kind of a wake-up call. And so life goes on.

The only thing I can say about having this type of success is that you can get yourself in trouble because basically the world is set open for you. People will say yes to anything you ask so it's basically down to you and what you want or need.

My college degree was in theater. But the real reason if I have any success in that milieu so to speak is because I spent a lot of years directing I spent a lot of years behind the camera.

I believe success is preparation because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to answer that?

I feel lucky because I was a nerd which I talk about in the book but I had academic success so through that because that's what my parents put a great deal of value on I had a great childhood because I sort of fulfilled the expectations of being good at school.