I know he [Julian Assange] is a man of fierce determination, and now living under the strain of house arrest in the Ecuadorean embassy as a "political exile," as he calls himself.

I remember very clearly someone saying, 'Don't shake hands with the cactus,' and I thought, 'Well, why not? What could possibly go wrong?' Shaking hands is a friendly gesture.

Pull the hair on my head the wrong way, and I would be on my knees begging for mercy. I have very sensitive follicles.

I'm a high-functioning sociopath, do your research.

Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.

Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I'm also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.

Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.

The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.

You come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It's made me want to live a life slightly less ordinary.

I keep myself amused and others confused

If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people's expectations, then you can go mad.

You owe it to yourself to never allow your mind to become your enemy of progress.

No man can see himself unless he borrows the eyes of a friend

Warren Street was at the high end of the New Romantic scene. They were mostly college art students and people who knew top designers.

My ears sort of turn off when someone tells me that what my heart is saying isn’t a good idea.

I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.

Any theology that is indifferent to the theme of liberation is not Christian theology.

Assimilate all you can from tradition and then say things in your own way.

If you read one book a week, starting at the age of 5, and live to be 80, you will have read a grand total of 3,900 books, a little over one-tenth of 1 percent of the books currently in print.

The only time I feel at ease is swinging up and down in a coconut tree.

I'd like to see people, instead of spending so much time on the ethical problem, get after the problems that really affect the people of this country