When I left school, I wanted to be an artist, specifically a painter.

Even a good decision if made for the wrong reasons can be a wrong decision.

The key to a great story is not who, or what, or when, but why.

The older you get, the more you find yourself looking for things you used to see and liked when you were younger.

I know people whose entire lives are ruined by fame. If you make yourself exclusive, people want to break that down, but if you go about doing your shopping, no one bugs you.

I'm not a star, I'm an actor - there's a difference!

I'll read a book every now and then, but unlike most of my friends I don't always have one on the go.

I grew up in the 1950s at the beginning of rock n' roll, and would strum a tennis racket in front of the mirror.

Oddly enough, I'm not religious but I'm also very fond of St Peter's in Rome. When I'm there, I always know there's a good meal not far away.

I have just enough public appreciation to make me happy.

The sun rose slowly, as if it wasn't sure it was worth all the effort.

Went to bed with a dream.Woke up with a purpose.

Love is a red rose

Life is made up of moments, small pieces of glittering mica in a long stretch of gray cement.

For in our family an experience was not finished, not truly experienced, unless written down or shared with another.

A sensation, hidden in the depths of my emotional memory, was suddenly revived: what if... What if for me The Variation is not dead? If The Variation is alive?!

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

It's no good giving my heart and my Soul because you already have these. So I've brought you a mirror. Look at yourself and remember me.

I feel like my pure and proper image is causing others to be really cautious about becoming close to me. They think I sleep as soon as it hits midnight

American-style iced tea is the perfect drink for a hot, sunny day. It's never really caught on in the UK, probably because the last time we had a hot, sunny day was back in 1957.