Blunders are an inescapable feature of war, because choice in military affairs lies generally between the bad and the worse.

We are responsible for actions performed in response to circumstances for which we are not responsible.

Do you know what a soldier is, young man? He's the chap who makes it possible for civilized folk to despise war.

All a writer's characters are imaginary, no matter whether they are based on real people or not. They are people as one imagines them to be.

Plan for the rest of my life, I will travel the world and retire in the himalayas.

Halloween's my favorite holiday because you don't have to spend it with your family.

One never lives so intensely as when one has been thinking hard.

The Mekons were kind of like the background music of my life.

Many things I might not write today because I no longer believe them, but I wouldn't change them, since I believed them at the time.

There is a lot more young Indian entrepreneurs can do if they are given the money. They have the idea, and I would just like to help them realise it.

My first big show was with Tim McGraw and Mark Chesnutt, and that was overwhelming. There was probably 25,000 people there. I was nervous, (but it) was exhilarating.

If you feel the need to make everyone happy, you should be a wedding planner not a leader.

I feel like I've been successful after being done with the film is when I see it, if I'm embarrassed, if I'm slightly mortified, and if I feel super-vulnerable, I think I did something.

I think of myself as a young prince from a long line of royalty.