I don't read the Sunday papers; or the dailies, either

American-style iced tea is the perfect drink for a hot, sunny day. It's never really caught on in the UK, probably because the last time we had a hot, sunny day was back in 1957.

Lawyers are predators in grey worsted

New technology is useful, but it's inefficient and ugly; it knows it'll be obsolete by lunchtime tomorrow, so it has no incentive to be anything else

In spite of really intense competition for the job, I'm still my own worst enemy.

It was irritating to have one's physical shortcomings pointed out quite so plainly twice in one evening, once by a beautiful girl and once by a dying badger.

After all, what else is scientific enquiry of any sort other than a controlled version of banging one's head against the universe until something gives?

Human beings can get used to virtually anything, given plenty of time and no choice in the matter whatsoever.

There’s nothing bad about reincarnation per se, it’s basically a very good system, cost-effective and ecologically friendly.

Telling lies is a bit like tiling bathrooms - if you don't know how to do it properly, it's best not to try.

Love is an optical illusion that makes you believe the object of your affection is the most beautiful person in the world.

Out of the frying pan and into the fire.

Acceptance is not passivity. It is a courageous step in the process of transformation.

I don't want to die without telling you that I love you, " Everett's voice was a faint, wavering whisper, and his lips swollen and bloodied. "I always have.

I think it's cool to provoke something in people.

As a director, you can transform your vision more with the music.

The basic idea of governance, as I see it, is to hold the society together so that it can develop and march towards certain goals.

But while we can never predict where events will take us or the unavoidable bills we will have to pay as a consequence, we must confront the ghastly truth of Labour's legacy.

The cello is like a beautiful woman who has not grown older, but younger with time, more slender, more supple, more graceful.

A lot of actresses will just go, "I'm 35." And I thought, " I'm not doing that." I like being 40.