Our hearts, the war.Her body, the battlefield.

Love is forever. If it wasn't, it wouldn't be love. The world is beautiful. If it wasn't, it wouldn't be the world.

Cities are more than the sum of their infrastructure. They transcend brick and mortar, concrete and steel. They're the vessels into which human knowledge is poured.

Who wants to read a book when you can blow something up?

Without trust there's no cooperation. And without cooperation there's no progress. History stops.

Pain is necessary. Pain is life. Without pain there can be no joy.

You're never perfectly safe. No human being on Earth ever is or ever was. To live is to risk your life, your heart, everything.

The world existed for a very long time before this particular set of seven billion billion atoms came along and it will go right on after they're scattered up, down and sideways.

The human brain has a marvelous capacity to screen and sort experience, protecting itself against the unbearable.

To conquer, you must endure not just your own suffering but the suffering of others. Indifference is the ultimate evolutionary achievement, the highest rung on nature's ladder.

The bent but unbroken ones.

When we connect to Creator, our sacred character develops.

I go into a meditative state but I don't follow a path that people who meditate take, like sitting in a room and getting quiet. It is when I swim that I meditate.

Someone asked me what legacy I wanted to leave and all my answers were so long that I even bored him. I said I don't care. Why should I? I will die someday. So if you like, remember me.

Be able to laugh at difficulties.

Each day comes to me with both hands full of possibilities.

I also write plays, so I understand the writers mind, and how obsessed you can get writing.

Age isn't important until you run out of it.

It is one thing to read about the world, but quite another to see and hear for oneself.

To adapt a phrase, idols have consequences.

I'm just very keen to have a family and both Catherine and I, you know, are looking forward to having a family in the future.