One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

Not what we give, but what we share, for the gift without the giver is bare.

My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.

Live the life of maximum impact.

I love music, singing, and playing piano (though I'm not very good). And I adore musical theater.

I feel that all of us can contribute something, and it doesn't have to be money. It can just be service or talent.

Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time, and that stillness without which literature cannot be made.

In international football you have 10 games a season, with players from different clubs. There's no time for proper coaching; they're just recovering from playing on the Saturday.

I was a pretty disruptive student in class in school. I had a hard time paying attention. I had what they call A.D.D. now, back then I was just a hyper kid.

Truth is never negative. Only one's perception of it is.

Photography is the product of complete alienation.

Thank you to my wonderful actors, the triangle of man-love which is Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and me.