Everyone knows how to talk, and no one knows what to say.

The natural state of the football fan is bitter disappointment, no matter what the score.

Record stores can't save your life. But they can give you a better one.

It's brilliant, being depressed; you can behave as badly as you like.

I suddenly had a little epiphany: all the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal.

I fell in love with football as I was later to fall in love with women: suddenly, inexplicably, uncritically, giving no thought to the pain or disruption it would bring with it.

For alarmingly large chunks of an average day, I am a moron.

It's a mystery of human chemistry and I don't understand it, some people, as far as their senses are concerned, just feel like home.

Hard is trying to rebuild yourself, piece by piece, with no instruction book, and no clue as to where all the important bits are supposed to go.

It's no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record collections disagree violently or if your favorite films wouldn't even speak to each other if they met at a party.

Radio football is football reduced to its lowest common denominator.

The bitter heart eats its owner...

I'm a car fanatic and each morning I wake up with a smile on my face, whether I'm commentating on the Formula One or at Silver Hatch racetrack in Roary the Racing Car.

At least once a day, allow yourself the freedom to think and dream for yourself.

Don't focus on the victory, focus on the task.

I don't feel sure about doing good in any way now; everything seems like going on a mission to a people whose language I don't know.

Stillness is a harder concept for me than ecstasy, but I can imagine it best when I am fully present and paying strict attention to a place I am moving through.

Kinder than is necessary. Because it's not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than needed.

Fashion has always been my defense mechanism.

A lot of people play to impress, but the really gifted ones play to move. That's the greatest point of ever doing this.

The lunatic's visions of horror are all drawn from the material of daily fact.