You need fear to create, to live.

I am so scared of the sea, so what did I do? Learned to scuba in the Great Barrier Reef.

I used to be a major people pleaser, but that way purgatory lies.

But I've always tried to make the best of fear, then, because without fears there's no art.

I'm not a singer. I'm a musician, which is different.

When we walk along the beach and feel the sand beneath our toes and then the surf sends small waves to gently caress our feet

We spend the first year of a child's life teaching it to walk and talk and the rest of its life to shut up and sit down. There's something wrong there.

By being high, you become low and by being low, you become high. By being humble, you become high.

The body is more than the temple of the soul. It’s the grounded celebration of its rapture.

Dealing in generalities is the death of prayer.

Hours of research can cut months of field work.

For the most part, if you have an isolated place, it's sort of nice to have a communal vibe.

I appreciate subtlety. I have never enjoyed a kiss in front of the camera. There's nothing to it except not getting your lipstick smeared.

The Queen has done all she could on the dreadful subject of vivisection, and hopes that Mr. Gladstone will speak strongly against such a practice which is a disgrace to humanity.

Wherever work is done, victory is attained.