Big flashy things have my name written all over them. Well... not yet, give me time and a crayon.

I'm not a tweeter or a Facebooker or a Grammer. I'm a real grump when it comes to technology. I'm like, come on, just write me a letter.

A theocracy is a government ruled directly by God, and for us it means "Theocracy within". In other words, trying to live by God's principles instead of just living selfishly.

Be brave. Don't be afraid to be stupid.

When you think about it, we’re all different people all through our lives, and that’s okay, that’s good, you’ve got to keep moving so long as you remember all the people that you used to be.

Read about a few men who wear (or wore) bow ties as an act of defiance, and check out a tie that makes a strong statement. Bow ties are cool.

We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?

For clothes, I like Dover Street Market and Acne. For vintage, I go to Mint just off Seven Dials. For shoes, it's Church's and Russell & Bromley.

At university I had a big coloured scarf and people would often say, 'All right, Doctor Who?' And, I thought, I rather liked that notion.

I'm not handsome enough to be James Bond. Maybe a villain, though.

By not speaking you don't get rid of the story, you just open up a silence, which can be just as loud.

You don't want him for a reason. You want him because he's your father.

Sooner
 or 
later 
it 
would 
happen: 
strength 
would 
change
 into 
consciousness.

Encouragement is a blazing hope.

It's one of those unforgettable moments that happen as a child, when you discover that all along the world has been betraying you.

Hillary Clinton's not going to do anything.

I fight fairly, and in good faith.

The benevolence of wrapping the partridge in a vine leaf brings out its quality, just as the barrel of Diogenes brought forth the qualities of the great thinker.

I used to get the girl; now I get the part. In 'The Quiet American' you may have noticed I got the part and the girl. It's a milestone for me, because it's the last time I'm going to get the girl.

The entire socioeconomic system is based on production for profit and a growth imperative that cannot be sustained.