I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all!

Something in your voice tells me we approach the question of remuneration.

Empathize with stupidity and you're halfway to thinking like an idiot.

Mr Blawke always reminded me of a heron; I'm not sure why. Something to do with a sense of rapacious stillness, perhaps, and also the aura of one who knows time is on his side.

There's an old Sysan saying that the soup of life is salty enough without adding tears to it.

Torture is such a slippery slope; as soon as you allow a society or any legal system to do that, almost instantly you get a situation where people are being tortured for very trivial reasons.

My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is.

I remember being shocked when I discovered some of my school pals didn't have books in their homes. I thought it was like not having oxygen, or hot water.

I am, as I have always been, of the opinion that while the niceties of normal moral constraints should be our guides, they must not be our masters.

I've always loved Scotland, and I'm not a huge fan of big cities, to be honest. I like them to dip into for a bit, but I'm not sure I would want to live in one again.

In theory, I work an eight-hour day and a five-day week which means I can socialise with my pals who mostly have normal jobs like teaching and computer programming.

We feel most alive when we are closest to death.

When your eyes are fixed on the horizon of eternity, it affects your vision for motherhood.

What do we live for if not to make life less difficult for each other?

I call him Alshon. He calls me Demaryius Thomas.

Grace puts its hand on the boasting mouth, and shuts it once for all.

By seeing the beauty in every face we lift others into their wisest self and increase the chances of hearing a synchronistic message.

I cannot help thinking that the menace of Hell makes as many devils as the severe penal codes of inhuman humanity make villains.

My concern is what fight we can give to the fans. My first concern as a boxer is to try hard and give a good fight for the fans.

We've been around for almost three decades now - there's about three generations of Bon Jovi fans.

The word 'cancer' carries with it enormous fear, fear for the future, fear for family.