Arsenal's defence will be a worry going forward

I find the growing intervention by the football authorities in strictly footballing matters a rather worrying trend.

That kind of natural understanding doesn't develop naturally

I enjoyed seven years at Wimbledon and there were high and low points.

It will be difficult to let go but it is going to happen sooner rather than later in my case.

I never felt I would get to the stage where I would to have to actively think about retiring from international football as I always thought it would pass me by.

I wouldn't even mention myself in the same breath as someone like big Paul.

I never felt I would be part of the international scene for 50 caps in my wildest dreams.

I am hugely proud to have played for Ireland.

A difficult decision for the referee's assistant. I wouldn't beat him up over it.

Diminishing returns is the outcome of restriction

It's so stupid because all I wanted was space and now that I have it, there's this part of me that's achingly lonely I could die.

Remember that you don't write a story because you have an idea but because you have a believable character.

My favorite Oscar story was a year my brother had been nominated, my whole family went.

To the haranguers of the populace among the ancients, succeed among the moderns your writers of political pamphlets and news-papers, and your coffee-house talkers.

I love books so much. I've read more books than anyone else I know.

I'm not a popular actor. I don't necessarily want to be famous. I want to be known for great work. I want to be known to surprise audiences.

I've always been able to survive by writing, though.

Nature has always something rare to show us... and the danger to life and limb is hardly greater than one would experience crouching deprecatingly beneath a roof.

A good school teaches you resilience - that ability to bounce back.