It's hard to remain patient when it seems so debilitating to do so. The balance comes with staying ambitious while being patient.

A lot of people just capitulate and say, Well, that's just the way things are. I think that can be deadly for creative people.

Anger and desire for revenge can be a great motivating force. It's either that or you allow it to affect your confidence and that can be crippling.

I think about all the people who have created something that lives after them - works of art, plays, music, films, literature, poetry that will be read, seen, performed, and heard for the rest of time. If I could do something that lives after me, then I think I will have had a life well led.

I used to love stage above all, but that was when I was a single man. As I get older, the time commitment gets harder for theatre.