I was brought up in a car family, my dad loved cars and I was taught the art of making an Austin 7 operate.

Learning an instrument isn't about becoming a star anymore than learning to swim means you want to become a haddock

I now believe when I'm dead and buried my tombstone will read, "I'm not entirely sure the band's over."

Watching something being constructed, whether you're passing a building site or whether you're watching an artist at work, is fascinating, and I think that's the enjoyment.

I started racing myself and once you get bitten by that bug you really are hooked.

I went to watch my father at Silverstone in the early 1950s, and I've still got the car he was in.

I have about 40 cars, of which 25 to 30 are what you might call serious.

Buying a Ferrari is like buying Château Pétrus if you like fine wines. It's the safe choice.

Of course, with the people you really know, no one changes that much.

When you're in the car, how well you do is down to you and you alone-no band, no management, no marketing.

We all have a voice. Some a whisper, some a roar. If you can roar, roar for others. If you can only whisper, keep trying. Every roar started small.

If you don't love yourself it's tough to love anything about your life. Appreciating who you are is essential to your happiness.

...[M]en are put in a sort of guard-post, from which one must not release one's self or run away...

Only the mediocre artist is always at his best.

I laughed uneasily. “Jeez, you guys make it sound like I was on the brink of death or something. I just fainted.” (Sabina)

At the risk of appearing disingenuous, I don't really think of myself as 'writing humor.' I'm simply reporting on the world I observe, which is frequently hilarious.

He who is prepared for the future and he who deals cleverly with any situation that may arise are both happy; but the fatalistic man who wholly depends on luck is ruined.

Even if you actually have the good intent to do something creative or special with your life, it's hard. I mean, look at the number of people who actually get the opportunity.

I like films to be complete in their written form.

Poetry wants to make things mean more than they mean, says someone, as if we knew how much things meant, and in what unit of measure.