I'm incredibly proud of 'Life On Mars' and 'Doctor Who.' They're just a blast to do.

Life is easy greediness adds complexity

Twitter has restored my faith in humanity. I thought I'd hate it, but while there are lots of knobheads, there are even more lovely people. It delights me how witty and friendly most people are.

I'm not a people person. I'm not sociable. I have been and I can be, but not as a general rule.

I used to be mouthy. It was all to do with being a northerner and from Manchester, which was suddenly a big deal when I was in my 20s. When I read some of the interviews I did back then, I cringe.

You never undertake a project because you think other people will like it - because that way lies madness - but rather because you believe in it.

It's horrible to get a cameraphone shoved in your face every time you walk out the door.

I think I can be closed in. I can close this outer shell, cut myself off and be quite cold. I can cut other people off if I need to. I don't think I'm angry, though... Maybe my wife would disagree.

I'm good at being on my own. As a kid, I was always in my room alone, so I have a high threshold for it. If I'm bored, I'll read. Hanging around doesn't go well with me.

Success, however you judge what that even means, brings with it certain pressures.

Critics should be to actors what ornithologists are to birds: they can write all they want, but it shouldn't affect them.

Soul-to-soul contact sweeps through, like a tsunami, leaving in its wake just this: unconditional surrender and overwhelming gentleness.

Soar on to the King, the crown jewel, And then you'll truly seeThat nothing is as beautifulAs His grand Majesty.

Emotions unreel in her like spools of cotton.

A man's dying is more the survivors' affair than his own.

I gave my heart to the Americans and thought of nothing else but raising my banner and adding my colors to theirs.

If I could have him like this in my dreams every night of my life, I'd stake my entire life on dreams and be done with the rest.

There is a way to live the big of giving thanks in all things. It is this: to give thanks in this one small thing. The moments will add up.

What we don't understand we can make mean anything.

If the human mind naturally produces noisome weeds, it also produces flowers and fruit; and ... the best method to mend the soil in general, is for each of us to cultivate his own particular spot.

White men in North America are the beneficiaries of the single biggest affirmative action program in world history. It's called world history.