I box for four hours a week and my diet is pretty healthy.

Learn to trust your instincts. Only something dead goes with the tide. Only something living can go against it.

The dream we are living has absolutely no purpose other than our awakening.

I am all for cracking down on inappropriate digital behaviour. Too often the connected world is an excuse for some coward hiding behind a keyboard to bully someone else.

The tattooed nation will live to regret this voluntary disfigurement.

The most convincing argument against early parenthood is that you are in a relationship that is likely to fall apart before that child grows up.

My parents have been dead for many years, and when your folks are gone there is nobody standing between you and eternity.

Sometimes we are only aware of how happy we are when the moment has passed. But now and again, if we are very lucky, we are aware of happiness when it is actually happening.

Tattoos are so widespread, so ugly and so very, very permanent. You can, in theory, have them removed - but a large chunk of your living flesh will go with it.

The thing to remember about Phuket is it's very beach-oriented and relaxed. The trendiest beach is Koh Sirey, which is full of groovy places to have a cocktail and watch the sun go down.

People are always surprised at what a nice guy I am.

She has fought many wars, most internal. The ones that you battle alone, for this, she is remarkable. She is a survivor.

Fantasy - the ability to envisage the world in many different ways - is one of the skills that makes us human.

Nick wouldn’t dream of going on a case without his beloved cat. After all, they had been together for over three hundred years.

Mostly, I avoid worrying since the time spent doing it could be spent more constructively.

Nobel prize-calibre geniuses often have certain core autistic features at their heart.

If you don't go when you want to go, when you do go, you'll find you've gone.

What people notice about [when they are on] LSD is either what's right or wrong with themselves or how freaky the world is.

We're writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines?

Whether we’re talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.

It is a unique challenge for a woman to demonstrate that they can lead, that they will be strong, that they can handle crisis, and that they gain respect.