Fear itself motivates people in the U.S. -- the fear that you could lose everything. That creates the best in American society, the inventiveness, but the moment the net is pulled out, it becomes a terrible jungle.

George, like many other famous people, thrives on attention. It's difficult to be a serious politician and be in a show like this. Being old and trying to be hip doesn't generally work.

Advertisers like that because they want you to feel their product isn't normal - this perfume isn't normal, this set of lingerie isn't normal. The irony is that they are appealing to normal people to buy the product because they want them to identify with an exotic life that they don't lead.

Companies look for mystique,

It's hypocritical. The industry saw the warning signs. Others saw the warning signs. Something should have been done sooner.

People who tend not to report illness are people who are highly competitive and do not want to admit they are not coping.