A character, to be acceptable as more than a chess piece, has to be ignorant of the future, unsure about the past, and not at all sure of what he's supposed to be doing.

Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.

We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.

The important thing is moral choice. Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate. Life is sustained by the grinding opposition of moral entities.

It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where you come from is part of where you're going.

...We're a government that believes in everybody having the illusion of free will.

To be left alone is the most precious thing one can ask of the modern world.

I conclude that there is as much sense in nonsense as there is nonsense in sense.

Is it better for a man to have chosen evil than to have good imposed upon him?

Does God want goodness or the choice of goodness? Is a man who chooses to be bad perhaps in some way better than a man who has the good imposed upon him?

Sanity is a handicap and liability if you're living in a mad world.

Cruel people offer pity when they no longer feel threatened. However, kind people offer compassion and understanding regardless.

When Celtic faced closure in 1994. My feelings then were of disbelief and concern for my mates who were Celtic fans.

Knowledge of one's identity, one's self, community, nation, religion, and God, is the true meaning of resurrection, while ignorance of it signifies hell.

Beware of those who seek to take care of you lest your caretakers become your jailers.

In terms of withstanding incredible amounts of pain - both physical and emotional - I don't think there's any better training than ballet.

Maturity is having the ability to escape categorization.

We're actors, we have to do what we have to do, and you have to be really solid within yourself.

We prematurely write off people as failures. We are too much in awe of those who succeed and far too dismissive of those who fail.

Life is never completely without its challenges.

I don't know why, but I'm an easy target. And I don't do anything to dispel it.