I don't read like other people do - back and forth, across the page. I tend to scan a page at a time.

Dance, my darling dance! If you dance then death can't catch you! Nothing bad can touch you! Dance!

There are two ways to be rich: One is by acquiring much, and the other is by desiring little.

If you want intelligent children give them a book. If you want more intelligent children give them more books.

A book can change the world... Every book a child reads creates new neurons in that child's brain.

Books aren't like broccoli. You don't have to eat it because it's good for you. Books drag you in because they are fascinating.

The song and dance didn't stop us dying. It just stopped the fear of death swallowing us up while we were still alive.

If something is worth doing you may as well go heart and soul and boot leather.

I might be able to find out what happened 6,000 years ago but I will never know what happens 6,000 years in the future! And that is not fair, blast it.

I've always found the world is the most extraordinarily fascinating place and the more data you get, the more you can actually put pieces into this jigsaw.

Morning: Slept. Afternoon: Slept. Evening: Ate grass. Night: Ate grass. Decided grass is boring. Scratched. Hard to reach the itchy bits. Slept.

Doing more for others makes your life more abundant.

Still waters run deepest, they used to tell me.

There is no bad.. nor good.. there just is.. and that is the present moment. How does that look.. depends on where you are along the journey.. Blink.. and the perception can change.

God gave me life to continue to do things that I would never have done.

Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping?

Without new ideas success can become stale

I don't even know if people are familiar with my name as an actor. It's not as if I ever was an über-famous actor.

In your dreams you can see yourself as a prophet saving the world.

My last supper would be a charcuterie smorgasbord with every kind of meat, and sauces to dip them in.

If all the world is a stage and life is just a play upon it, get me two seats in the stalls.