I find it takes a lot of strength to endure myself.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

No such thing as spare time, no such thing as free time, no such thing as down time. All you got is life time. Go.

I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that.

I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don't to achieve what others won't.

There’s one thing about Black Sabbath which should not be understated: If Black Sabbath is missing any one of its members it’s no longer Black Sabbath.

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

Simplicity gives you the power of freedom.Kindness gives you the power of boldness.Humility gives you the power of acceptance.

One of the worst things about life is not how nasty the nasty people are. You know that already. It is how nasty the nice people can be.

I'm not always successful, but I take my job as a storyteller very seriously and want to make sure the audience has as much fun watching it as I am creating it.

Better a broken heart than a hardened one.

We can't start dividing people up into categories. In the past, France has often committed the error of not speaking to everybody because there was a belief that some countries could be neglected.

I love you forever" didn't always need to be spoken to be understood.

Sweet are the pleasures that to verse belong, And doubly sweet a brotherhood in song.

My life is immeasurably enriched by taking personal responsibility to do what I can, with what I have, where I am.

London underground took me on a tour of all the hidden places, the disused shafts and staircases... that was very interesting.

My background was art school, documentary director and surfer with a keen interest in thrilling acts of life threatening stupidity.