I'm a hard-mouthed north-eastern lad. That's me - the Eminem of Northeast England.

I had teen angst for a while, but I think every teenager has the angst.

I never really sympathised with Peter Parker.

I'll tell you what I hate - bands like My Chemical Romance.

When you have a child, you are just immediately changed forever. You put yourself second. Your child comes first, and everything that you do is with them in mind.

New York is great for people watching and there's a bunch of amazing rooftops.

I never realised that the Edinburgh skyline was so interesting - it's gothic and very urban and there's a lot of church spires and old brownstone buildings.

I love anything that kind of removes me from myself and employs something else. So, I love accents and I love pretending.

I'm awkward around girls.

I wanted to be a journalist for a long time.

I have, I think, eight mentors. It's crazy, but I need them. They are all really important to me. They keep me grounded and advise me.

Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.

The world is little, people are little, human life is little. There is only one big thing — desire.

I’m trying to do better than good enough.

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.

A new breeze is blowing--and a nation refreshed by freedom stands ready to push on: there is new ground to be broken, and new action to be taken.

I like to be a strategic policy guy.

Our children are not going to be just 'our children' - they are going to be other people's husbands and wives and the parents of our grandchildren.

Sice Karate exists for cultivating the spirit and training the body, it must be a moral way surpassing mere techniques.

There was so much that you could do, instead of looking for things that you couldn't do.

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.