Shakespeare language is fantastic, and to be honest, you dont need to do anything to Shakespeare.

There's something about the silence of people listening to someone or watching someone - I just... I love that.

I'm very lucky. I had a great childhood.

It sounds almost unreal, but I was born and raised on old castlegrounds - Kenmure Castle.

I grew up in Scotland, and everyone wore Barbour. It's very practical, it's very outdoorsy. It's what the gamekeepers and the fishermen and the farmers would wear.

Im obsessed with the moon and space travel, so if I could incorporate that, Id love to go to space.

It's hard to make a book episodic.

I've always been into endurance sport, which I think is more about your mind pushing your body, which is definitely why that Bear Grylls book sung to me.

Scotland is about layering. The weather changes every 10 minutes.

[Vice chairman of Barbour] Helen [Barbour] and I realized that I come from the same village that her ancestor John Barbour came from, who created Barbour. It just seemed like such a great connection.

Christmas works like glue, it keeps us all sticking together.

If you are different from the rest of the flock, they bite you

If people are good because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

One possible reason why things aren't going according to plan is that there never was a plan.

To listen acutely is to be powerless, even if you sit on a throne.

The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi.

I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.

The Impressionists had to fight the gallery system for many years before becoming accepted. One of their methods of fighting was to band together and hold their own shows.

I consider myself a court jester - motivator.

Let's find visual excitement in what nature has to offer.