I’m a classic eccentric, living at the extremes of high mania and low mood. There’s no middle ground, only madness and sadness.

A man is biologically incapable of giving ‘the look’.

Life is a wonderfully fine thing. Go live it.

Character and purpose are directly linked to confidence and conviction. What links them? Courage – to be oneself, no matter what others might say.

You need to be outdoors. Away from here. You need a holiday.

In with the new, out with the old.’ That’s what we’re told. We have to change, adapt, compromise.

Change, it seems, is inevitable. And so is compromise.

Things today ‘sure ain’t like they used to be’. They’ve changed, moved on, progressed.

Compromise is a choice. As is the defence of one’s self.

Fine Things are reservoirs for the heart.

The bright light of brilliance keeps the darkness away, but it can be so very exhausting.

On the journey to achievement, you must be learning all the time.

My father's answer was revenge-has always been revenge-and the outcome was just, but not better. Nothing is fixed.

I'm frank brutally frank. And even when I'm not frank I look frank.

Data is the fabric of the modern world: just like we walk down pavements, so we trace routes through data, and build knowledge and products out of it.

One believes in the truthfulness of a man because of his long experience with the man, and because the man has always told a consistent story. But no man has told so consistent a story as nature.

Finish the day's writing when you still want to continue.

We rest our case on the production numbers.

When I am tanned and in shape I feel confident about my appearance.

I wrote 'Hereafter' quickly and without mapping it out too much or being too schematic. As an exercise, I think that was incredibly important.

Each morning I gaze at the eastern horizon, and if the sun keeps its promise, I keep mine.