Once you don't smile on film, they say, 'Let's have that bloke who doesn't smile.'

I feel like my imagination was crafted by Tolkien. He seemed to tap into that childhood intrigue of secret doors and hidden worlds.

I have an accountant, obviously, because I'm self employed, and I use an independent financial adviser. I trust my accountant because we have worked together for a long time now.

A full beard looks cool.

I can work hard and be disciplined like a soldier, but I could never reach their level of fitness.

In his last years Linacre gave up medicine for the Church and then for the first time read the gospels. On so doing he exclaimed, 'Either this is not the gospel or we are not Christians.

If you are anything other than humbled in the presence of love, you are not in the presence of love.

Definition of a bridegroom: A man who is amazed at the outcome of what he thought was a harmless little flirtation.

You have a deeper, wiser, loving self that you can always ask for help.

I've always kind of hated films about climate change.

The mind is either at war with God or it is being renewed. There is no middle ground.

The world cannot live at the level of its great men.

My name became a brand and I'd love to say it was the plan from the start. But the only plan was to keep writing books. And I've stuck to that ever since.

Your success depends on what you do yourself, with your own means