Ambition had never troubled me, so I decided to begin by watching life at my leisure for a few years, waiting until I finally felt tempted to find some circle of influence for myself.

A life without envy, hatred and lies was not a life worth living.

That...that was how I spent the day, just waiting, waiting, waiting...but waiting like a man running amok, senselessly, like an animal, with that headlong, direct persistance.

It is impossible to preserve my friendship with people who are allegedly leaders when they are attacking their own people, shooting at them, using tanks and other forms of heavy weaponry.

I am convinced that great ideas that are powerfully presented can change a mind in five minutes.

Exhaustion is the shortest way to equality and fraternity.

The stone neither speaks nor gives anything. Therefore its service is fruitless and its worship is of no avail.

Because, also the world of showbiz is not just black and white, good and bad.

I use Twitter a lot. That's how I communicate with international fans. Everyone's always really, really nice.

Thought control, like birth control, is best undertaken as long as possible before the fact.

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.

Alas, how wretched is the being who depends on the stability of public favour!

If I could give my teenaged self any advice, it would be 'Calm down!'