When you are knocked down you have two choices - stay down or get back up, stronger.

It was the lowest point of my life. I just kept thinking, 'What have I done to deserve this?' I didn't see the point in living.

By the way, dancers are not human beings. How can you be human and do what they do?

Strictly has just given me a real zest for life. Life is so short. We should all grasp it.

I think people in England take things for granted, we complain about our NHS system and yes it's not perfect but believe me it's far better than what they've got here.

Obviously music is my first job.

Disrobe both conformity and rebellion to find true independence.

... Really get to know and establish relationships with your teammates because they are your new family and they will be the ones there for you when anything goes wrong.

Sometimes you meet a person and you just click-you're comfortable with them, like you've known them your whole life, and you don't have to pretend to be anyone or anything.

I cannot conceive of a greater wounding of the heart of Christ than to pay reverence to anything in the shape of a cross, or to bow before a crucifix!

Counting your blessings is a better cure for insomnia than counting sheep - you can fall asleep before you get through half of them.

I have never understood the appeal of babies, they seem such horrible creatures most of the time!

A church without the broken is a broken church.

Being a writer means taking the leap from listening to saying 'Listen to me'.

To a monster the norm must seem monstrous, since everyone is normal to himself.

Every thing to be true must become a religion.