When something is a vocation, you don’t really make a decision about it.
When a gift is difficult to give away, it becomes even more rare and precious, somehow gathering a part of the giver to the gift itself.
There’s this sense that of course you want to be famous. When you’re a performer, of course you want an audience, but it’s very, very different from courting fame.
Of course one worries about getting older – we’re all fearful of death, let’s not kid ourselves. I’m simply not panicking as my laugh lines grow deeper. Who wants a face with no history, no sense of humor?
Marriage is a risk; I think it’s a great and glorious risk, as long as you embark on the adventure in the same spirit.
If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously!