One a very basic level, you are what you remember - your very identity depends on all of the events, people and places you can recall.

Until the day we die our brain remains capable of change, according to the challenges that we set for it.

The dynamic interplay of neural activity within and in between systems is the very essence of brain function.

Movie logistics never really allow you to do anything but shoot the way the budget dictates.

The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance.

I can walk through the front door of any factory and out the back and tell you if it's making money or not. I can just tell by the way it's being run and by the spirit of the workers.

The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, forgotten because it was properly done.

It's a defining difference, curiosity. I've never known a stupid person who was curious, or a curious person who was stupid.

No," I say, looking up at Griggs. "It's actually because my heart belongs to someone else." And if I could bottle the look on his face, I'd keep it by my bedside for the rest of my life.

For years I wrote in my basement. More recently I graduated to one floor above, an office with all my books and music and - ta da! - a window.

The major way to conquer fear is to make a decision.

We [Virgin Group] have been successful not by wasting time scrutinising our competitors but by looking at ourselves from the point of view of our customers do and seeking feedback through listening.