Success, however you judge what that even means, brings with it certain pressures.

Life is easy greediness adds complexity

Twitter has restored my faith in humanity. I thought I'd hate it, but while there are lots of knobheads, there are even more lovely people. It delights me how witty and friendly most people are.

I'm not a people person. I'm not sociable. I have been and I can be, but not as a general rule.

I used to be mouthy. It was all to do with being a northerner and from Manchester, which was suddenly a big deal when I was in my 20s. When I read some of the interviews I did back then, I cringe.

You never undertake a project because you think other people will like it - because that way lies madness - but rather because you believe in it.

It's horrible to get a cameraphone shoved in your face every time you walk out the door.

I think I can be closed in. I can close this outer shell, cut myself off and be quite cold. I can cut other people off if I need to. I don't think I'm angry, though... Maybe my wife would disagree.

I'm good at being on my own. As a kid, I was always in my room alone, so I have a high threshold for it. If I'm bored, I'll read. Hanging around doesn't go well with me.

I'm incredibly proud of 'Life On Mars' and 'Doctor Who.' They're just a blast to do.

Critics should be to actors what ornithologists are to birds: they can write all they want, but it shouldn't affect them.

The culture around us knows what it means when they see a church in perpetual bluster and outrage. They know that we are scared.

The level of our submission to God will determine our success and prosperity.

Like every aspect of cancer I've weathered thus far, today's experience was not at all demoralizing, expensive or humiliating. No, it was just plain fun.

And then the industry itself was so cocky about what they were doing that they weren't seeing what was coming on the horizon with Japan and Germany and other places that were building smaller cars.

All tools have intrinsic politics and technology is the tool of now.

The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavour. The beauty endures. A work of art lives...through the generations and centuries.

These are the effects of doting age,--vain doubts and idle cares and over caution.

It's a short trip from the penthouse to the outhouse.

Parting is a training streamer,Lingering like leaves in autumn.

Guardians are necessary for children and abnormal adults, because they cannot make responsible choices for themselves.