We've got 12-year-old boys dressing up as transvestites.

I'm terribly attention-seeking. It's very different once you get all this attention, though. Because then you want to control it. And you can't exactly.

I was quite fat as a kid. And swimming is a sport you can enjoy whatever size you are. If you're fat, running is a pain. I'm not really built for running.

All you can do in this life is follow your dreams. Otherwise you're just wasting your time.

A bully can only make you feel bad about yourself if you let them.

I thrive off the company of others, I love being sociable.

I was the kind of person who got bullied and loved the attention of it.

I've just swum the length of the Thames. I feel quite tired.

People think writing a children's book is something you could do in an afternoon but it's actually really hard.

I am a huge fan of 'Doctor Who.'

I was depressed as a child. I found it hard to make friends. My favourite thing was locking myself in the bathroom and practising comedy routines.

You make name for yourself when you overcome pain, weakness, laziness and ignorance

I might be broke but I am not Broken

Never give up, but learn to surrender as well

I don't watch reality TV, my reality is tough enough.

Life is not trying to entertain us, it's trying to teach us.

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.

What have the Germans gained by their boasted freedom of the press, except the liberty of abusing each other as they like?

There's more women stars in Nashville all the time. They're proving they can do the job the same as a man.

I think I'm one of the patches of the quilt here, myself and Dwyane.

I myself am part of the weather and part of the climate and part of the place … It is certainly part of my life of prayer.