When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.

Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.

The feasant hens of Colchis, which have two ears as it were consisting of feathers, which they will set up and lay down as they list.

It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.

From the end spring new beginnings.

Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.

In wine, there's truth.

A man with integrity, with vision, with a sense of purpose and place in the world as exactly himself. That's the kind of man I'll settle for.

I didn't want to die - not before I'd finished reading The Return of the Native anyhow.

When I started go-karting at the age of six, I always dreamt of becoming a Formula One driver.

We make promises to the extent that we hope-and keep them to the extent that we fear.

Politics /n/: from 'poly ticks', short for 'many small bloodsucking insects'.

The key to every actor is deep, deep insecurity.

I was too important to go to Vietnam.

If you're doing a musical, you should be out to give the audience something special, emotional, an uplifting feeling, something that stays with them.

No one can understand my Mystery. The best you can do is to get immersed in it. It is no use your arguing about pros and cons; dive and know the depth; eat and know the taste.

It's really hard when you break up with somebody, or somebody breaks up with you, and you're in this band; guess who you have to see in the next day in the hotel in the breakfast room? That person.