When are you ever settled enough to have kids?

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.

It is hard to take the last step, but the hardest thing is to make a choice between the unwillingness to live and the inability to die.

A kite only flies if it’s tethered.

Writing is easy. Writing a publishable book is hard.

Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.

A REAL job is a job you hate.

Successful people tend to become more successful because they are always thinking about their successes.

I'm always trying to complicate things. For some reason I'll go, "Well, maybe I can get that in," and stuff like that. I always make it really hard for myself.

When we surrender to God, we let go of our attachment to how things happen on the outside, and we become more concerned with what happens on the inside.

Whatever you give out in life is what you receive back in life.

If anything, when you're in your late 20s, early 30s, and then mid-30s, you're getting less attractive.