I think the characters are supposed to be an open book, blank canvas.

I remember very clearly someone saying, 'Don't shake hands with the cactus,' and I thought, 'Well, why not? What could possibly go wrong?' Shaking hands is a friendly gesture.

Pull the hair on my head the wrong way, and I would be on my knees begging for mercy. I have very sensitive follicles.

I'm a high-functioning sociopath, do your research.

Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.

Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I'm also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.

Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.

The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.

You come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It's made me want to live a life slightly less ordinary.

I keep myself amused and others confused

If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people's expectations, then you can go mad.

Neither love nor evil conquers all, but evil cheats more.

Are you preparing yourself today for a better tomorrow? If not, how can you dare to live a better tomorrow?

Man steps on an ant when he can't catch the fly.

Better to die voluntarily crashing than to have the enemy send you down in flames.

Sunday evenings often feel like the weekend is over before it's even begun.

Those of us who had a perfectly happy childhood should be able to sue for deprivation of literary royalties.

Everyone has the right to love and worship whoever and whatever they want to. It's nobody's business but theirs. We are not the ones to judge that.

I have an addictive personality. Boarding school merely sent me more quickly on the downward spiral that dominated my childhood.

A life must be saved as long as it can be no matter whose it is.

When a goat likes a book, the whole book is gone, and the meaning has to go find an author again.