Dying is nothing, but pain is a very serious matter.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

The anchors of the Arab consensus have long been Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and both are now weakened forces in Arab politics and diplomacy.

[W.H.R.] Rivers is the Rider Haggard of anthropology; I shall be the Conrad.

Fans have always said that I would make a great Indiana Jones, a great Young Indiana Jones.

You can't have thousands of people being shot in a city, in a country that I happen to be president of. Maybe it's OK if somebody else is president.

I'm really loving and open at the same time.

I spent a lot of time lifting my drums into a van, playing to ten people night after night. I can't complain about anything now.

Motivation is not something I struggle with. I love playing football, I love being in training.

When I'm creating characters, I definitely think of theme songs. Writing for me is very visual, so I sometimes think of it in terms of a movie with a soundtrack, and try to transfer that to words.

I like to touch things. In my house I have a lot of velvet drapes and thick, lush couches.