I might survive a few days at sea. Probably not as long as Pi.

Hunger can change everything you ever thought you knew about yourself.

When you get to see the world, it changes you. You realise that there are all kinds of people out there.

Everyone has a conflict inside of them - the conflict between what you should do and what you want to do.

I was a normal kid. I can't explain how normal I was.

You know, tigers are very unpredictable.

My ma is an economist. My dad is a software engineer.

I did one or two plays at school. Once I played a tree, so I never thought I would be a good actor.

It is really awkward to see myself on screen.

If the solar winds have stirred far off in the velvety night then showers of light --gold and violet. rose and green--paint the sky.

Elizabeth was not playing for the sake of exhibiting her virtuosity: she played for joy.

Even the loveliest shoulders can bear but so much.

If faith is lost, there is no security and there is no life for him who does not adhere to religion.

Disease is an experience of a so-called mortal mind. It is fear made manifest on the body.

I think I work hard. I think I dedicate myself to the game and sacrifice a lot of things at a young age, and I know if I continue to do good, what I can get out of it.

For those who either perceive but dully, or retain the ideas that come into their minds but ill, who cannot readily excite or compound them, will have little matter to think on.

I try to be cool, but I'm not very good at it.

The modern mind has lost all capacity to wonder. It has lost all capacity to look into the mysterious, into the miraculous - because of knowledge, because it thinks it knows.

One of my first jobs was at the Boston Globe. I worked in the sports department six months a year. When I was ready to graduate, the sports editor gave me a job as a schoolboy sports writer.