I never really sympathised with Peter Parker.

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

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

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.

There were many words piled up inside my chest, stories waiting to be told. I wanted to hand all this knowledge to one other person, neither a master nor a disciple. I sought an equal - a companion.

[Self] Perception is directly proportional to performance. Change a youth's perception, and you change their performance, their future... and their life.

The Americans have perfected weather forecasts: a model presents a model of the Earth, a map, and jabs at it with her pointer – here and here, this is going to happen. Voodoo.

The best preservative to keep the mind in health is the faithful admonition of a friend.

Life goes on, end of tunnel, TV set Spot in the middle Static fade, statistic bit And soon I fade away, fade away

How's motherhood? It is absolutely wonderful. Oh, my gosh. It's truly indescribable and amazing.

We sometimes congratulate ourselves.

Every sport has its own cast of characters.

It's not the side of the bigger army that wins. It's the country that tells a better story.

To be honest, I'm not much of a drinker. It makes me sick, and I hate that.