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Am I melancholy? I certainly have moments. I like to think there's a capacity for joy as well.

I have my moments. Ever since I was a boy, I never was someone who was at ease with happiness. Too often I embrace introspection and self-doubt. I wish I could embrace the good things.

When I'm acting well, it's the most exhilarating experience. When I'm bad, it's miserable.

I'm very naturally happy, quirky and positive.

I relate to happiness as an ecstatic moment - something you don't create, you encounter.

Some days are just bad days, that's all. You have to experience sadness to know happiness, and I remind myself that not every day is going to be a good day, that's just the way it is!

There are times when I'm really happy and I write something really sad, and vice versa.

But I'm not like sad, depressed miserable person. I guess sometimes I give off that impression.

I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.

I have a great deal of joy in my life, and I'm very fortunate. That combination makes you aware of just how wonderful life can be on the one hand and how dreadful it can be for people on the other. You can't be happy in isolation.