The problem turned out to be that I never was that kind of an artist.
I was lucky I wasn't a better boxer, or that's what I'd be now - a punchy ex-pug.
You know you've reached middle age when your weightlifting consists merely of standing up.
Don't people know that they don't have to heckle the president of the United States? That's what Congress is for.
Not that they were that anxious to see Ronnie as President; they were afraid if he didn't get elected, he'd go back to acting.
Welcome to the Academy Awards, or, as it's known at my house, Passover.
When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.
When things go right and you test properly and you find equipment that's better than what you were playing, then you can do some pretty neat things on the golf course.
Drugs are a bad habit, so why do it? Because, said Dimple, it isn't the heroin that we're addicted to, it's the drama of the life, the chaos of it, that's the real addiction and we never get over it; and because when you come down to it, the high life, that is, the intoxicated life, is the best of the limited options offered.
It's so easy to get caught up in what people expect of you. Sometimes, you can just lose yourself.
People naturally long for a bit of the wealth that is whorling all around them, and if the work and education available to them won't get them closer to the comforts that they see others enjoying, the temptation to take shortcuts can be fierce.