"One step in front of the other, slowly but surely, even if I stumble a step or two backward," he says, replying with a small smile.

"I think it might be for the best if I started over in another world: it would be easier, I think, to start over with a completely clean slate. Less chance of the paparazzi finding ways to find me when I try and start over, less chance of the tabloids trying to figure out what happened to me." But he might look a little dubious about that plan as well, the better to keep in touch with her afterward.