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Fine, thank you. I am quite recovered. It was almost a near-death experience. Things weren't going so well for a little while, but I feel strong again.
My recent battle with cancer.
On a school trip to Wales when I was 12. My canoe capsized and got stuck upside down next to a rock. I was underwater for about 30 seconds but it felt a lot longer.
Five years ago, a concrete plug, a little bigger than a baseball, fell off a building on Hollywood Boulevard when I was riding in an open convertible. It shattered the windshield. It really shook me. I still have it on my mantel.
Gabor Maté. He is very eloquent and articulate about the role of trauma in our lives.
Kind, insubstantial and dedicated.
A good understanding of how to use a computer.
A headmaster said I was a complete washout and I would never be any good for anything.
The fact that I might wake up early.
In 1992 I was in New York, and somebody showed me a work by Louise Bourgeois. I never realised that sculpture could move me, and I was so affected by this piece that I bought it. It was a lot of money.
Bear Grylls, Vanessa Redgrave, Ram Dass, Ed Harris, Michael Flatley, Christopher Eccleston
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