Death is a companion for all of us, whether we acknowledge it or not, whether we're aware of it or not, and it's not necessarily a terrible thing.

Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once and it's too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst.

I felt pride, wonderful pride, when I was captain. It was an honour to take over from Labby. Anybody who has ever captained a big club, which Everton are, will tell you it's a great honour.

Directing is physically exciting because there's a ticking clock, you're working with people, it's very social, it's very enjoyable.

Once Everton has touched you, nothing will be the same.

We live in a time where there's an alienation factor. There's a certain disconnection. We don't have any real sense of community anymore.

It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself. Makes you wonder what else you can do that you've forgotten about.

I would say try to tell stories that you care about as opposed to stories that you think will sell.

I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist.

I'm from the South, so while I personally find it impossible to live there, I still have a fondness for it as a geographical region.

I'm a Buddhist, so one of my biggest beliefs is, 'Everything changes, don't take it personally.'

It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.

Hope is a tree of happiness.

Hope is the passion to receive your heart’s desires.

If we get too caught up in the rhetoric of meditation, we will miss the point. The point was to go beyond rhetoric.

Tea! The panacea for everything from weariness to a cold to a murder Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

To say what your disguise is would be foolish.

Given the facts, our existence seems quite improbable—more miraculous, perhaps, than the seven-day wonder of Genesis.

Touring is one of my favorite things about what I get to do.

My collection of rare books concerns only books that don't tell the truth.

I remember serving in Vietnam in that war, and many of us at the major Lieutenant Colonel, colonel level were frustrated that no one in the U.S. wanted to debate it that way.