Just watch the David Blaine interview on GMTV. That says it all!

The variety

I got a job as a farming reporter on Ulster TV in Northern Ireland.

Surviving. Often it's not about how high you get it’s how long you can last the course that usually determines who is regarded and who is not.

There’s a lot of mediocrity out there. Learn from the best not the rest. Study those who you admire. Don't think of the fame, think of the job. Think about making the world a better place, and think of the truth. Bear all that in mind and you won’t go far wrong.