I'm a sluggish character; I'm a bit slow. For some reason I find it hard to work quickly.

I'm not a religious person but I do like the idea of Sunday as a day set apart from the rest of the week. It's nice to have a period of reflection and have time to think about things.

The things in my songs are the edited highlights of my life. I don't go seeking out strange sexual experiences every day of the week.

Its OK to grow up, just as long as you don't grow old. Face it you are young.

I'm always amazed by people who blog all the time and tweet all the time, and still get things done. I don't know how they do it.

I don't really care what someone's background is; creativity can come from any background.

We've always been a bit out of touch with reality.

You don't often hear people say, 'Oh, since he's been taking them drugs, he's such a nice person! He's really come out of his shell, he's really nice, he's blossomed'.

I appreciate people who try and use language in an interesting way.

It's good that I managed to hoodwink so many people. I am actually not that nice a person.

Part of why I started a band was due to feelings of shyness and social ineptitude. I saw it as some way of being able to interact with people from a safe distance.

i would rather havefeelings without wordsthan words without feelings.

People who were gone only lived on in your memory if you had memories. Why hadn't she held on tighter?

When you face a 'performance' that might provoke the 'I'm scared' response, choose love and approach your opportunity as a chance to dance with God. It's more fun than 'Dancing with the Stars!'

When I write characters, I need to hear their voice. As soon as I get them speaking, and I feel how they use language, I understand who they are and what they want.

I mean to retire, where nobody will have heard about my special skills. And conversation is mainly about the weather.

When my books were translated, it was always about the characters, because the unique language aspect was lost in translation.

I've enjoyed the pleasures of working since I was 12 and earned all my own spending money since I was 14.

Knowledge is a matter of science and no dishonesty or conceit whatsoever is permissible. What is required is definitely the reverse - honesty and modesty.

If you know how to handle the verbs, you know how to handle the language. Everything else is just vocabulary.

A diplomat these days is nothing but a head waiter who's allowed to sit down occasionally.