Really what Brutus and Cassius do by assassinating Caesar, is open up a vacuum into which much more ruthless people run. Julius Caesar is an amazingly contemporary, resonant, politically astute play.

I guess, is we are not saying, "Look, William Shakespeare's written a critique of modern Africa." What we're saying is that we've shifted the metaphor to make it more immediate.

Authentic acts of goodness set you free

If you meet a girl, you meet a girl. It's normal, so if you exchange numbers, whatevs, it's cool.

Dublin is one of my favourite cities. It's an absolutely amazing place.

You've got to know yourself so you can at last be yourself.

When you know what men are capable of you marvel neither at their sublimity nor their baseness. There are no limits in either direction apparently.

Stress means something different if it is the result of rewarding work rather than struggling to keep the family out of debt.

I see myself being married to my girlfriend and backpacking all over the world. If I can go out and do a 15-mile hike and climb a 12,000-ft. peak, I'm good to go.

One of the most anxiety-inducing side effects of the information era is the feeling that you have to know it all.

You read some good reviews and then you read a bad one, and the bad one pisses you off but there's nothing you can do. It's just an opinion.

I've never met a man I didn't mutilate.