The problem with being British... I don't know if it's me being British or being raised a strict Catholic, but you never really enjoy success.

It's a good place when all you have is hope and not expectations.

I grew up in a city, I'm a city person - I go on holiday and I'm bored.

There's lots of things that can be solved with cash.

I've just been to the Taj Mahal which I'd never been to and I'm not a very romantic kind of guy but it is the most romantic thing I've ever seen.

The sun is the most important thing in everybody's life, whether you're a plant, an animal or a fish, and we take it for granted.

I don't want people to sit there and objectively watch the film. I want them to experience it as something that's under their skin, so you try to make the films really tactile.

I want people to leave the cinema feeling that something's been confirmed for them about life.

If you have to be persuaded about something, you shouldn't do it.

I learned with 'The Beach' that I'm a bit better lower down the radar.

The awards season gives a chance for independent films to have a bit of longevity in the press and the media.

When one has once fully entered the realm of love, the world — no matter how imperfect — becomes rich and beautiful, it consists solely of opportunities for love.

If you live a righteous life, then you should be exalted above situations and circumstances in life

Whenever science makes a discovery, the devil grabs it while the angels are debating the best way to use it.

I'm very into the first production of the show.

If you cannot attain knowledge without torturing a dog, you must do without knowledge.

If marriage isn't a first priority in your life, you're not married.

To attain knowledge, add things every day To attain wisdom, remove things every day

I definitely still have ... angst but I also wrote some songs that say it's okay to love, now. I'm happy in my life, and it's a bit easier to write happy songs when you are actually happy.

Writing is a particular kind of frustration, which is why when I was making the structure for the novel I visualized it for myself with a color-coded board so I could see it.

It is wrong not to give a hand to the fallen. This right is common to the whole human race.