Every day, I walk with my dog - summer, winter (it gets -20 F in Saint Paul), rain or shine. The nicer the day, of course, the longer the walk.

Leonardo Da Vinci. Leonardo is arguably the world's most famous polymath. So many thoughts and so many different ideas!

I'm a writer and I also do a lot of professional speaking on risk taking and creativity as well.

I work with a lot of different editors at different publishers and magazines and so on, and having a system of shared folders makes keeping track of things a snap.

I think it's important to associate with positive, upbeat people.

I'd love to get ideas on overcoming jet lag.

You get energy from other people, so hang out with energetic people.

Yeah, it's a weird little niche, but by God, it's my niche.

In my office, I like it quiet, so I can concentrate.

I started a funny book from the 1930s called The Code of the Woosters by P. G. Wodehouse. Wodehouse is a comic genius.

I get some of my best ideas while out walking.

It was a year ago today your daughter went missing.’ Bagg had closed his eyes, feeling the death going on inside.

1 billion people in the world are chronically hungry. 1 billion people are overweight.

Music is the reason I'm doing movies; I do credit that. But acting is an escape route for me.

Arsenal are streets ahead of everyone in this league and Manchester United are up there with them.

Familiarity breeds contempt only when it breeds inattention.

A Hindu is a born mystic, and the luxuriant nature of his country has made him a zealous pantheist

Games that make you feel good about yourself are good games to be playing.

You know, when you finish the day, and you finish the scene, you don't get a chance to go back to it. So you wanna make sure that everything is left on the floor.

My wound is geography. It is also my anchorage, my port of call.

Vulnerability is power.