I don't think I responded very well to the sudden celebrity, the sudden fame, and the loss of privacy.

To be very wealthy or to be a celebrity is good,for you can buy almost anything money can buy,but privacy.

To be perfectly honest, I feel I have a duty to use my celebrity status in a positive way.

I'm very goal oriented.

There's nothing like privacy. You know, I like people. It's nice that they might like my books and all that...but I'm not the book, see? I'm the guy who wrote it, but I don't want them to come up and throw roses on me or anything. I want them to let me breathe.

My parents from a very young age raised my sister and I under a pressure to achieve. They're both attorneys. So good marks, getting through university, there was a huge emphasis and pressure to do well and keep going.