With this kind of camera-phone madness we have got, moments are diluted into self-contained edited experiences.

I'm sure that in 1985, plutonium is available in every corner drugstore, but in 1955, it's a little hard to come by.

Your future is whatever you make it, so make it a good one

Trying to be funny is one of the hardest things on the planet. I think that's tough for everyone. If you're just naturally funny it's a hell of a lot easier.

Breaking up monotony is key to life and it doesn't matter whether I'm stacking shelves or writing songs, if I was doing the same thing every day I just couldn't take it.

The future's unwritten. It's what we make of it.

I don't have the desire to be the best standup in the UK but I do have the desire to be the best at everything else I do in terms of writing and acting.

While I was rapping I was always involved in youth work - I ran music workshops for teenagers and young offenders all the time and also ran a charity for refugee kids for a time.

I think the sensible thing would be to focus on one thing and be the best you can be at it. There is always that risk of spreading yourself too thin if you try to do too much.

I respect anyone who's honest to themselves and able to bring that into their work in an entertaining fashion.

I try not to make social consciousness a massive part of my music or comedy because I prefer to be an entertainer first and foremost, then do actual grassroots work when I can.

Your environment plays a key factor in living a fulfilled life. In order to bear fruit, gain fulfillment, and meet fruition, you must intentionally create an environment that will sustain you.

Good luck is taking action on the intersection point of rising opportunity and your life preparation

Pride is when sinful human beings aspire to the status and position of God and refuse to acknowledge their dependence upon Him.

Beer does not taste like itself unless it is chasing a dram of neat whisky down the gullet - preferably two drams

The fresh smell of coffee soon wafted through the apartment, the smell that separates night from day.

We know nothing of humility by nature, for we are all born proud.

I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I don't want to be some stress casualty in early middle age.

- "Control what an interesting word for you to be dwelling on" - "I have other words" I scream the F-Word in my head, over and over again.

Maybe if we can find time to hug and cherish our families and the people around us, child suicide or college suicide wouldn't be rampant.

Speech is an old torn net, through which the fish escape as one casts it over them.