I am not a perfect man who has led a faultless life.

The last thing I stole was a box of Coca Cola from a parked truck in Adelaide. I was nice and drunk. It was New Year's Eve. And that was about 28 years ago.

I won a scholarship with the Brixton School of Building. I screwed around, not putting in a proper attendance.

It has been rumoured that I was the brains of the robbery, but that was totally incorrect. I've been described as the tea boy, which is also incorrect.

There has been so much rubbish written up in the papers over the years.

Banks' beer. There's nothing like it! To Brazil. And to Barbados justice.

I used to have a list of things from my school buddies of what kind of art material they wanted. I'd go up to the West End of London and spend the whole day knocking stuff off.

I am no longer a criminal. I gave up that practice years ago.

One report said that since my time on the run I've had 2,500 girlfriends. I mean, you have got to realize I've been on the run for more than 30 years. I have got to have had more than that.

For more than 13,000 days on the run, my life was a soap opera.

I don't have any intentions to return to England. I would go back if I could return as a free person. I don't want to return to prison.

The first draft of a book—even a long one—should take no more than three months, the length of a season.

Witness each moment in astounded jubilation. Take every holy breath in gratitude. Rejoice in life!

There are no freelance Christians; there is no solo-flying to heaven.

Adding instruments to parts of a song and having them somehow find a pocket. That to me was a huge lesson. Like, there's more than 808s in the universe.

With a measly 18 percent of our Congress composed of women, the U.S. ranks just 77th in the world in terms of women in elected office, surpassed by such countries as Ezbekistan and Moldova.

Gratitude takes three forms: a feeling in the heart, an expression in words, and a giving in return.

Liberalism... is the noblest cry that has ever resounded in this planet.

I agree that we need a working relationship with Russia to deescalate a nuclear arms race, to resolve the crisis in Syria.

Just as food and sleep are necessary for the body, spiritual understanding is needed for a healthy mind.

The incredible thing happens at the beginning of the story always, you notice, not the end. A Sherlock Holmes story is never a trick story.