There are moments when, like all of us, you get a bit self-conscious and you'd rather not be living any of your day in public. Those are the awkward times, but you've got to have fun with it.

I remember very clearly someone saying, 'Don't shake hands with the cactus,' and I thought, 'Well, why not? What could possibly go wrong?' Shaking hands is a friendly gesture.

Pull the hair on my head the wrong way, and I would be on my knees begging for mercy. I have very sensitive follicles.

I'm a high-functioning sociopath, do your research.

Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.

Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I'm also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.

Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.

The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.

You come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It's made me want to live a life slightly less ordinary.

I keep myself amused and others confused

If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people's expectations, then you can go mad.

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book, and a tired man who wants a book to read.

Challenge yourself today, to improve, for a better tomorrow than yesterday.

I am neither good, nor bad, neither angel nor devil, I am a man, I am a vampire.

You can't rely on the fact that people know you. At Glastonbury, when they all knew I was DJing, everyone was cheering even though they'd never heard some of the tracks I was playing before.

Everyone has choices to make; no one has the right to take those choices away from us. Not even out of love.

When a chick has a sense of humor, theres nothing more attractive.

Generally speaking, when people use the word fun, it's like a placeholder. You know, "How was your evening?" "Oh it was fun."

The more you study, the more you know; how less you know.

These mysteries about how we evolved should not distract us from the indisputable fact that we did evolve.

I don't write tracts, I write novels. I'm not a preacher, I'm a fiction writer.