My wife Santa is a fanatical skier, going to Klosters many times a year. To please her, I have for 12 years tried to ski, abseil, mountain-climb, para-scend, heli-ski, land-lauf, ice-skate, toboggan, luge, bobsleigh, yodel, gulp gluhwein, dunk bread in cheese fondue, or even walk in the mountains. I have failed at every one of these pursuits.

One of the strange things about doing publicity is that a mistake in a newspaper profile long ago is repeated and amplified over time.

Every time I give an interview, I seem to offend somebody in my family, usually my mother.

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