A movie is a miracle, even if it turns out to be a disappointment.

When we went to war at the Falklands, Buck Kernan had to shake each man's hand as we boarded a boat for war.

Pro Publica distorts the relationship between organizations and their consultants.

As a viewer I came of age during a time when cast members were prone to fistfights. So I may be carrying a little of that kind of image in my head.

For each show, we do maybe 15 versions before it goes on air. So I know every show microscopically.

The Clash, in particular, transcends any category.

When you do something bad and you know you can do it, only you know you can do it. And do it while it's hot, man.

My dad is a little Scottish guy with tattoos all over his arms.

In the British military system, there is a very strict chain of command. Americans just want to win, and the correct strategy may be to speak directly to the men.

I was a section commander in the parachute regiment [in the British army].

I'm consciously working very hard at not eating.

To be able to stay beside a beloved one is the special privilege of a friend.

Everyday you have a new chapter to write about your journey of life. As you write that chapter do it so well such that if others read it, you would still be proud of yourself.

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

You are perfect, whole and complete. You needn't add anything to yourself to experience your true power.

Your future and mine are determined by this one thing: seeking after the Lord.

I was able to work out all sorts of attitudes to style and event and character, all of which affected the way I came to think about my own writing. I believe that all good writers are original.

The word 'Antichrist', to me, is the collective disbelief in god.

You have to go down before you can come out — that’s how these things always work.

I had a hit single on the radio for 30 days before I graduated from high school.

The war-function has grasped us so far; but the constructive interests may some day seem no less imperative, and impose on the individual a hardly lighter burden.