School was not a place I enjoyed.

When I grew up, the only way a lad like me would maybe escape was playing football. Not being an actor.

A writer's work is never done, unless he or she has no readers.

I wasn't like, 'I want to be famous.' I just wanted to be an actor. I wasn't chasing anything. I was never stressed or worried. I never had any fear of rejection or not making it, anything like that.

Unhappiness comes when we feel helpless. Hope comes the minute we decide we are not.

The secret and the sacred are sisters. When the secret is not respected, the sacred vanishes. Consequently, reflection should not shine too severe or aggressive a light on the world of the soul.

You are not suffering yesterday or tomorrow. You are only suffering your memory and your imagination.

Equality of opportunity is an equal opportunity to prove unequal talents.

Sometimes, running away means you're headed in the exact right direction.

I'm like my zombies. I won't stay dead!

I do destroy men on a weekly basis. It's like a hobby. I'm like a praying mantis.

Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.

I had met American artists and just couldn't believe their energy. London was always such a struggle to get anything going.