Any time you can completely immerse yourself in something it's fun.

I had teen angst for a while, but I think every teenager has the angst.

I never really sympathised with Peter Parker.

I'm a hard-mouthed north-eastern lad. That's me - the Eminem of Northeast England.

I'll tell you what I hate - bands like My Chemical Romance.

When you have a child, you are just immediately changed forever. You put yourself second. Your child comes first, and everything that you do is with them in mind.

New York is great for people watching and there's a bunch of amazing rooftops.

I never realised that the Edinburgh skyline was so interesting - it's gothic and very urban and there's a lot of church spires and old brownstone buildings.

I love anything that kind of removes me from myself and employs something else. So, I love accents and I love pretending.

I'm awkward around girls.

I wanted to be a journalist for a long time.

O how quickly passes away the glory of the earth.

I just love the feeling from the fans and when I'm walking on deck I can hear people screaming and wishing you the best. That puts you into the game more than anything.

If revealed religions have revealed anything it is that they are usually wrong.

The Communism of the English intellectual is something explicable enough. It is the patriotism of the deracinated.

When I say 'God' it is poetry and not theology

Don’t underestimate the ripple effect of what you do. These kinds of actionshave toppled empires.

I can't say I had an ideal father, and I'm not a father myself.

I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.

A generation of children has been betrayed.

My mother made a brilliant impression upon my childhood life. She shone for me like the evening star.