Being diagnosed with cancer is terrifying.

I may not be able to lead my daughters to the altar when they marry, but I know they are in good hands, and all of them.

Time is the most valuable thing in life because it never comes back. And whether you spend it in the arms of a loved one or alone in a prison cell, life is what you make of it.

It's not until they tell you you're going to die soon that you realise how short life is.

Cable's on fire. Traditional broadcast TV's hearing a death knell. I sample as much television as possible. I like 'Homeland,' 'Game of Thrones,' 'Veep.' Now reinvention's important.

Death is not just the end, it's the beginning.

When I'm talking about depression, I'm talking about the more severe forms of depression, and I think that conceptualising as a form of grief is probably not the most effective way of looking at it. I mean, at the end of the day, people suffer enormously, and you want to treat it.

After your death you will be what you were before your birth.