There are things that are a given, that you've already established, and obviously, visually, certain iconic things that can't be completely removed, like a certain hat or a certain coat in my case.

I remember very clearly someone saying, 'Don't shake hands with the cactus,' and I thought, 'Well, why not? What could possibly go wrong?' Shaking hands is a friendly gesture.

Pull the hair on my head the wrong way, and I would be on my knees begging for mercy. I have very sensitive follicles.

I'm a high-functioning sociopath, do your research.

Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.

Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I'm also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.

Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.

The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.

You come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It's made me want to live a life slightly less ordinary.

I keep myself amused and others confused

If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people's expectations, then you can go mad.

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!

I will be glad to go. There is no poetry here. It is as I have always set forth: joy comes of its own free will

The imagination is a wild and dangerous forest that is impossible to know the full might of.

To use the enemy's weapon is to play the enemy's game...speak the truth and hear the truth.

I am also deeply concerned with the widespread, often undiagnosed, incidents of PTSD and the alarming suicide rates amongst our returning soldiers.

Margaret Thatcher once said, "If you want something talked about, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman."

Accept what comes to you totally & completely so that you can appreciate it, learn from it & then let it go.

We do survive every moment, after all, except the last one.

The LORD sees not as man sees; man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.

What narrative journalism does is create a language or open up a space where someone can say, "Oh, this happened to me, too."