I'm from the South, so while I personally find it impossible to live there, I still have a fondness for it as a geographical region.

Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once and it's too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst.

I felt pride, wonderful pride, when I was captain. It was an honour to take over from Labby. Anybody who has ever captained a big club, which Everton are, will tell you it's a great honour.

Directing is physically exciting because there's a ticking clock, you're working with people, it's very social, it's very enjoyable.

Once Everton has touched you, nothing will be the same.

We live in a time where there's an alienation factor. There's a certain disconnection. We don't have any real sense of community anymore.

It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself. Makes you wonder what else you can do that you've forgotten about.

I would say try to tell stories that you care about as opposed to stories that you think will sell.

I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist.

I'm a Buddhist, so one of my biggest beliefs is, 'Everything changes, don't take it personally.'

Never underestimate the power of denial.

The best way to study Mars is with two hands, eyes and ears of a geologist, first at a moon orbiting Mars... and then on the surface.

Begin with praise and honest appreciation.

As soon as I began, it seemed impossible to write fast enough – I wrote faster than I would write a letter – two thousand to three thousand words in a morning, and I cannot help it.

More was revealed in a human face than a human being can bear face to face.

Don't you know that the very thing a man dreads is the thing that always happens?

Every day I see or hear something that more or less kills me with delight, that leaves me like a needle in the haystack of light.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear.

But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor.