Real people are made out of a whole lot of things-flesh, bone, blood, nerves, stuff like that. Literary people are made out of words.

Everything is a symbol of something, it seems, until proven otherwise.

The real reason for a quest is always self-knowledge.

Never feel dumb. Not knowing who or what is no sin. Ignorance is simply the measure of what you haven't got to yet. I find writers and works every day that I haven't got to, haven't even heard of.

The difference between being Achilles and almost being Achilles is the difference between living and dying.

When it's over, we may feel wooed, adored, appreciated, or abused, but it will have been an affair to remember.

Ghosts and vampires are never only about ghosts and vampires.

Don't wait for writers to be dead to be read; the living ones can use the money.

Whenever people eat or drink together, it's communion.

Real people are made out of a whole lot of things—flesh, bone, blood, nerves, stuff like that. Literary people are made out of words.

The real reason for quest is always self-knowledge.

We wanted the freedom to love. We wanted the freedom to choose. Now we have to fight for it.

Life is a priceless gift.

You see, if you make believe hard enough that something is true, then it is true for you.

To my son, If you are reading this letter, then I am dead.

It was lovely to do The Knock because I haven't done anything really significant since Doctor Who.

You dramatically increase your value to others if you always maintain a calm and pleasant manner.

Everywhere I go now, people are like, 'That's the guy from 'Dancing With the Stars!'' It's pretty good that you're not just a football player but you're in the entertainment world.

My health is very much improved.

I don't want to work all of the time.

Our whole energy remains blocked either in the past or in the future. When you withdraw all your energy from past and future a tremendous explosion happens.