My manager and my agents, they go over my contracts.

I had to prove myself to a lot of different people.

The chance to be both artistically appreciated and commercially appreciated... That's what you hope for.

Be the hero of your own life story.

The fact that you touched somebody's soul or made them laugh-that's a wonderful thing.

You know that every bead of sweat falling off your head, every weight you've pumped - the history of that is all in your eyes.

The thing about courage is it’s something that we have to learn and relearn our whole lives. It’s not just in you, it’s in every choice we make every day.

I love a girl with a good sense of humour, who is confident but who has a sweetness to her - that melts my heart.

I sang in a rock band when I was training as a lawyer. You know, not professional, we just did it for fun. We just did gigs all over Edinburgh and some in Glasgow and some at festivals.

I appreciate and love women for many reasons, tall and small, plump and skinny, and crazy and demure. I see beauty in all of them.

Lessons not learned in blood are soon forgotten.

That's what life is all about - you're busy, I'm busy, and the end result is death. Sooner or later, that's what it comes to. ("The Death Of Wang Asao")

One lesson I've learned--worry doesn't change tomorrow, it only robs today of its joy."-Charley

There are certain life lessons that you can only learn in the struggle.

Will it, and set to work briskly.

I never, ever used my son for publicity. He'll have his say one day if he wants it. He'll have the last word. He has time to defend himself.

Society is joint action and cooperation in which each participant sees the other partner's success as a means for the attainment of his own.

Merrily, merrily, listen to me, Flitting and flying from tree to tree. Nothing fear I, by land or sea, For God in Heaven is watching me.

A true spiritual teacher knows more than he or she necessarily verbalizes, using temperance and love to be guided to say what is appropriate.

The only thing I can do is wipe my arse, brush my teeth, turn up and do the best work I can.

Political institutions are a superstructure resting on an economic foundation.