He taught me the difference between a good single malt whisky and a bad one.

After Zorro, people spoke Spanish to me for ages. I'm Welsh but that movie instantly gave me a new ethnicity.

If my revelation of having bipolar II has encouraged one person to seek help, then it is worth it. There is no need to suffer silently and there is no shame in seeking help.

I wish I was born in that era: dancing with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, going to work at the studio dressed in beautiful pants, head scarves, and sunglasses.

I do condition my hair with honey and beer. I smell like the bottom of a beer barrel for days afterwards, but it's very good for the hair.

For marriage to be a success, every woman and every man should have her and his own bathroom. The end.

My mother always told me that no matter how late it is, you take your makeup off. Take it off!

I hated grunge. No one’s more feminist than me, but you don’t have to look as if you don’t give a - you know. You can be smart, bright, and attractive aesthetically to others - and to yourself.

Words impress me. If a man can speak eloquently and beautifully to me, I just melt on the floor.

I'd love to do a show in Vegas with drag queens. The tackier the better.

I eat like a horse - my mother still brings me Cadbury's chocolate from Britain; I do have a very healthy appetite - but I work out.

I love flowers for being flowers, directly.And I love trees for being trees without my thought.

A rich man's faults are covered with money, but a surgeon's faults are covered with earth.

Under Syrian law, a journalist is not allowed to report on military matters. This may be wrong or right, but that's just the way it is.

I rarely ever put my head above the rampart and see where this big lumbering behemoth called 'global literature' is going.

Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly.

The problem is that many MPs never see the London that exists beyond the wine bars and brothels of Westminster.

Kindness is an everyday byproduct of all the great virtues.

When you start to talk about comic books, a lot of the time, people forget about the comic part of it. They need to be funny.

Why is it that the right people never wind up together? Why are people so afraid to leave a relationship, even if they know it's a bad one?

Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.