For example, I like using strong Greek and Roman Renaissance characters as part of my series.

Being sectioned was the best thing that ever happened to me.

Mental illness can happen to anybody. You can be a dustman, a politician, a Tesco worker... anyone. It could be your dad, your brother or your aunt.

Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world.

Well, that's cricket Harry. These things happen in boxing

When I came into boxing, I brought it to the next level with adverts and doing pantomime and people just got jealous of me doing that.

Mental illness is a very powerful thing. If it is with you it is probably going to be there until the day you die. I am trying so hard to break mine, but it is not easy. It is my toughest fight ever.

I was in a no-win situation, so I'm glad that I won rather than lost

I was about 18 six years ago. I'm 28 now.

But when you actually go in the ring, it's a very lonely and scary place. It's just you and the other guy.

My trainer, George Francis, used to train a lot of African boxers. They're hungry guys, man. They've got no trainers, got nothing. They're so hungry to do boxing, to make some money.

Love simply is.

Anger is an indication of pain and pain is an indication of sadness that grows inward and creates a lot of discomfort.

You express the truth of your character, your dedication to your goals, and your commitment to your relationships with the choice of your actions.

Brains cause technology, society, art, science, soap operas, sin. A remarkable set of effects for such a small chunk of coagulated atoms.

There are genuine concerns about the status of children to be sent to Malaysia and also there are genuine concerns about the human rights record in Malaysia.

As I write, snow is falling outside my Maine window, and indoors all around me half a hundred garden catalogues are in bloom.

But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.

You have no control [over natural disaster]. That's what's scary about it. You're helpless. That feeling of helplessness is really scary.

Even if you have done no wrong, no mistake in the last 50 years, remember the mistake you did 51 years ago and repent for it and become humble.

If you make things too real, sometimes you bring it down to the mundane.