England in the '60s and the '70s was everything that history has said; it was phenomenally exciting, musically.

Give me a window and I'll stare out it.

I have a love-hate relationship with white silk.

If you could build a house on a trampoline, that would suit me fine.

I get stage fright and gremlins in my head saying: 'You're going to forget your lines'.

I've never been able to plan my life. I just lurch from indecision to indecision.

We're dead as a species if we don't tell stories, because then we don't know who we are.

I suppose with any good writing and interesting characters, you can have that awfully overused word [...] - a jouuuuuurney.

It would be wonderful to think that the future is unknown and sort of surprising.

Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.

Any actor who judges his character is a fool - for every role you play you've got to absorb that character's motives and justifications.

The ground's generosity takes in our compost and grows beauty! Try to be more like the ground.

Be smart. You Only Die Once -YODO

Research suggests that people are typically unaware of the reasons why they are doing what they are doing, but when asked for a reason, they readily supply one.

Is solace anywhere more comforting than in the arms of sisters?

The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side.

Life, is easy. And if yours isn't, quit whining. Oh, wait. unless you're just a head amd then, you do have it pretty rough. I don't know how you roll out of bed every morning.

I believe in creative work.

The primary purpose of life is in being in the NOW.

Tokenism does not change stereotypes of social systems but works to preserve them, since it dulls the revolutionary impulse.

The kindness and affection from the public have carried me through some of the most difficult periods, and always your love and affection have eased the journey.