My family know not to get me any tech for Christmas. I can never get it to work, and it all becomes very tearful and pressurised.

I wish I'd known that one day the geek would inherit the Earth.

Keep going and don't give up. You're doing wonderfully. You'll know how to fly this thing eventually.

I suppose I just like being arty. That's all. Arty.

I'd say, don't listen to what anyone says: you're good. Go put your anorak on. Get your thick bottle-top specs. Draw your little cartoons and your comics and keep writing to the BBC.

I love people where, at the end of the day, they'll pick up a paintbrush and paint clouds. They can physically make things.

There is no such thing as too much swearing. Swearing is just a piece of linguistic mechanics. The words in-between are the clever ones.

I found American actors quite scary because they're brilliant actors and brilliantly funny, and they never stopped once you wound them up... off they went and they just deliver fantastic stuff.

I'm not an extravagant man. The fact that I can have a coffee out whenever I want still makes me feel grateful.

Every viewer who ever turned on Doctor Who has taken him into his heart. He belongs to all of us.

The older I get, the more I think lightness of touch is an incredibly difficult thing to do.

It is on the canvass of the darkest storms that the brightest rainbows are painted.

Before you shatter an image make sure your mirror dont any cracks

It must be great to spend time in a spot and if you walk away, it’s so much better than before because of something you did.

The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.

I have nothing in my life besides my work. I am obsessed with it. I leave my house only when I'm forced to.

I am I because my little dog knows me.

When people go through tragic circumstances, it's not that there is no love there, but it's so hard to deal with and sometimes the gap starts to happen.

You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts.

Nothing is menial where there is love.

Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.