Don't Accept That You Are In Crisis

Friends Have Suggested That I Am The Least Qualified Person To Talk About Happiness, Because I Am Often Down, And Sometimes Profoundly Depressed. But I Think That's Where My Qualification Comes From. Because To Know Happiness, It Helps To Know Unhappiness.

I Want To Write More Books, See My First Novel Made Into A Film, Fight More Campaigns, Work In More Countries. I Want To Be Able To Recall Experiences That Have Endured For Their Pleasure And Range And Intensity.

There Is Something In Me That Makes Me See Things Through.

My Aunty Says I'm The Double Of My Father. He Was A Workaholic, Which I've Definitely Inherited. And Like Me, He Could Be The Life And Soul Of The Party, But Also Quite Withdrawn.

My Public Caricature - That Of A Self-confident Alpha Male - Is Only Partly Accurate.