I would say anybody who's willing to listen to Dark Side of the Moon and watch The Wizard of Oz is already a very sensitive, creative person.

If SANTA CLAUS came down the chimney in a f**king jogging suit, you wouldn't even know it was him.

You want the world to be what you want it to be, and sometimes the world doesn't want that.

As you get older, you accept that there are some tunnels that don't have any light in them, but you go down them anyway.

Everything that you do in your life that helps you sweat is good for you. Whenever you're sweating, you're adding to your potential to enjoy the day or enjoy the moment or enjoy your life.

I embrace the idea that I'm an entertainer.

Keeping perspective and being happy and being energetic and being creative - that's all tied to being healthy.

I think it's probably a good thing to be considered stable, but with a capacity for madness.

I wish I did believe in God. It would be a great relief to think, 'God'll take care of it. God'll put gas in the car tomorrow'.

Being around people who are happy and people who are creative, that's what you do if you're lucky in your life.

We wish that we could take magic drugs, play around all day, read, and do nothing strenuous, and be the smartest, happiest people in the world. The truth is, it's all about sweat.

Everyone wanted me to be the bad boy, the label wanted it, the publicists wanted it, but I was just trying to be myself.

Be charming at any age.

Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ.

But you became self-aware. Somehow, you began to hear the Narrator’s voice. You realised that you were a character in a story. You tried to fight. These actions have disrupted the flow of fiction.

...men are poor soldiers in love's war. And it is a war-one that never ends.

I think of myself as writing for one person, that one perfect reader who understands and loves.

It's never too late to try to end a conflict.

Love doesn't adhere to time and boundaries does it? It just is.

I am a vicar's daughter and still a practising member of the Church of England.