I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

Show me a man with a tattoo and I'll show you a man with an interesting past.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

The most beautiful stories always start with wreckage.

A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.

It is so much easier to live placidly and complacently. Of course, to live placidly and complacently is not to live at all.

The Wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept.

There's only one way to make a beginning, and that is to begin; and begin with hard work, and patience, prepared for all the disappoint­ment s.

I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

We gave you a perfectly good language and you f***ed up.

It is better to arm and strengthen your hero than to disarm and enfeeble your foe.

I feel sorry for James Blunt, he has to wake up every morning and think 'Oh my God, I'm James Blunt, what have I done?'

The audience will always forgive you for being wrong and exciting, but never for being right and dull.

By dint of railing at idiots, one runs the risk of becoming an idiot oneself.

There were chunks of my life when I was married, and when I was married I never cheated. But I made up for it when I wasn't married. You have to keep your hand in.

The wise man, after learning something new, is afraid to learn anything more until he has put his first lesson into practice.

The lack of predictability with television is something that's constantly changing what your perception of who you think your character is.

There is nowhere to go. What you are looking for is right here. Open the fist clenched in wanting and see what you already hold in your hand