Beta decay was... like a dear old friend. There would always be a special place in my heart reserved especially for it.

There is only one thing worse than coming home from the lab to a sink full of dirty dishes, and that is not going to the lab at all!

His character would be blamed, loathed, discussed, and adored – but somewhere there, behind his mask of a hero, Cardew would remain faceless.Anonymous.

To disbelieve is easy to scoff is simple to have faith is harder.

There's a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination.

Our culture is just too comfortable in creating these kind of divisions between culture.

Be the hero of your own story.

We need language to tell us who we are, how we feel, what we're capable of- to explain the pains and glory of our existence.

I'm not a typical couturier, although I really respect them.

I think you have to have different tools for each job - you know producer is very different from a director and very different from an actor.

I hang around under the radar. Nobody is bothering me for interviews.

In thy youth wast as true a lover, As ever sighed upon a midnight pillow