And obviously as a as one who likes to travel around myself a lot I think the Earth is a beautiful place. And I'm looking forward to some new perspectives.
I don't have the luxury of having a dog myself because I travel too much but I love walking and cuddling somebody else's dog.
I like to travel by myself.
I don't take any photographs. I travel a lot by myself and I feel weird taking photos on my own.
I wrote those poems for myself as a way of being a soldier here in this country. I didn't know the poems would travel. I didn't go to Lebanon until two years ago but people told me that many Arabs had memorized these poems and translated them into Arabic.
I stepped away to find out more about myself which I was having difficulty doing as a football player. I got a chance to travel the world. I studied Eastern philosophy and I've grown as a person so much.
Every time I write something I think this is the most offensive thing I will ever write. But no. I always surprise myself.
I try to keep it real. I don't have time to worry about what I'm projecting to the world. I'm just busy being myself.
I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality order and diligence without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
When I am getting ready to reason with a man I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.
I still don't look at myself as a star. I've always had a thankful heart.
I want to let my fans get to know a little about me. I'm very thankful for everything they've done for me so of course I'm going to let them into my world a bit. But I really am a very private person and I love kepping my life to myself - that's how I've always been.
All I ever wanted really and continue to want out of life is to give 100 percent to whatever I'm doing and to be committed to whatever I'm doing and then let the results speak for themselves. Also to never take myself or people for granted and always be thankful and grateful to the people who helped me.
It's been quite a roller coaster ride but I've grown and learned a lot about myself. The greatest thing is being able to interact with fans and touch people's lives... for that I give thanks.
You need to know what makes artists tick. Having been through the process myself as a musician since I was an early teen gave me an advantage - understanding them from their point of view because it's about them it's not about you - it's their vision and what they're capable of achieving and you're the conduit.
I decided that if I were to write a teen series I'd want to set it in a place that was familiar to me - Manhattan where I'd grown up - and I'd model the characters on myself and my friends.
I saw myself as an outsider as a teen. I was home-schooled and got my G.E.D. when I was 16 I wasn't interested in high school at all and figured that college might be more entertaining.
When I was a teenager I would lock myself in the bathroom for hours bouffanting my hair like Patty Duke and trying to recreate Barbra Streisand's flawless eyeliner only to comb it all out and wash it all off before stepping out into the world a butchish bisexual teen.
At the age of 16 I was already dreaming of having a baby because I felt myself to be an adult but my mum forbid it. Right now I feel like a teenager and I want to have fun for one or two more years before starting a family.
My problem is that I like technology but I always have to ask myself 'Now wait a minute will I actually have any use for this?'
I've been so entwined with technology since I was about 15 recording myself and multitracking and producing things on my own.
I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk not only in technology and ecology but in life and employment too.
Oh I love gadgets and I pride myself on keeping at the cutting edge of technology.
My major was Fine Arts and Education thinking I would become an Art Teacher. I couldn't visualize myself as an art teacher thinking how it wouldn't work.
All the characters in my books are imagined but all have a bit of who I am in them - much like the characters in your dreams are all formed by who you are.