It's an odd feeling, knowing someone is trying to kill you. On the front line, you learn quickly that if you're in the path of a bullet, you will get hit.

If I have a weakness, it's for timepieces - if I see one I like and can afford it, I'll buy it.

I think we have always had a fascination for gangs and gangsters, and I think we always will.

People-trafficking is modern day slavery. There are more slaves today than there were at the height of the slave trade.

When the weather's good, there's no better place to be than the British countryside.

Sunglasses are a bit like watches for me - a real obsession. My favourites are Oakleys, Ray-Bans and Wileys, which are worn by the U.S. military.

The one thing that I'm absolutely sure about is that the people of Gaza aren't going anywhere. And neither are the people of Israel.

Jewelry is fine on some guys, but it's not for me.

I have seen incredible bravery from very young guys, the young generation that people write off.

I really enjoy travelling around the world. I get to meet some extraordinary people.

I always get very fit if I'm going away filming for two months in Afghanistan or wherever.

Never confuse fighting for one's government with fighting for one's country.

That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.

this present moment never comes to be and it never ceases to be, it is simply our minds that construct the continuity of thoughts we call time. In the present moment is nirvana.

My most cryptic, strange songs might be my most personal, but that isn't how people are going to receive them, because they don't know the code.

Many strange things happen in this world

Nevertheless, all of us who work in quantum physics believe in the reality of a quantum world, and the reality of quantum entities like protons and electrons.

I can't even say 'hair pie,'' I told him, 'unless I'm talking about an actual pie made out of rabbits.

WikiLeaks is designed to make capitalism more free and ethical.

My songs are not pretty. They're what I call optimistic realism.

A very underestimated part of the world, The Entrance is.