Very nice sort of place, Oxford, I should think, for people that like that sort of place.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds, cannot change anything.

Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Write your Sad times in Sand, Write your Good times in Stone.

Islam is the best religion and Muslims are the worst followers

Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.

If Scotland and America go to war, I'm afraid I've already sworn in.

If you take cranberries and stew them like apple sauce, it tastes much more like prunes than rhubarb does.

We've seen the weakest economic recovery since World War II, and massive levels of inequality and debt.

My coach said I ran like a girl, I said if he could run a little faster he could too

Anytime you run a gimmick offence, you're a little bit afraid - you're not sound in what you're doing in your base stuff.

If you can't count on your heart having some kind of unified response, you can't count on anything. You use your heart as a barometer for your movie's completeness.

I think the whole glory of writing lies in the fact that it forces us out of ourselves and into the lives of others.

When I'm writing, those ideas are seldom inspired by music itself. I won't often listen to an artist and come up with an idea.

I had a great childhood.