I'm glad I'm not good compared to God, because if I was, He wouldn't be much of a god.

Ideas are like wine. They get better when they have time to mature.

God is like a search engine — He is willing to answer your requests, but you must ask Him the right questions.

The only working model of socialism I have ever seen is in an elementary school classroom.

Luck is often just skill expressing itself without the brain’s consent.

At the moment you think all is lost, the future remains.

Sometimes changing the world is as simple as changing the way you look at it.

Dreams are doorways into other dimensions that you forget how to open once you’re awake.

It's fine to have a dream girl, but you should ask yourself…would you be her dream boy?

Only people are worth dying for.

Life is like a box of cookies: it's good while it lasts, but before you know it, it's gone.

You'd be surprised how little voice you have when you lose everything.

The magic of autumn has seized the countryside

He doesn't yearn for a better, different life than the one he has - because he knows he's got a home in this one.

Happiness is never a negative affair; it is to be won by men who are fully alive, full of the joy of living

I am nice to everybody. But people really take advantage of it.

If you had to buy a new plane every time you flew somewhere, it would be incredibly expensive.

The power of telly is surprising. If you're in a six-part series, you're famous while it's on - people point in the street. Two weeks later it all goes back to normal.

"There is no greater gift to an insecure leader that quite matches a vague enemy who can be used to whip up fear and hatred among the population."

I was fascinated by The Lord of the Rings from about the age of eight and that lasted well into my teens.