Yes, King Edward VI lived only a few years, poor boy, but he lived them worthily.

When I am king they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.

Loose and forbear!

Without books, God is silent, justice dormant, natural science at a stand, philosophy lame, letters dumb, and all things involved in darkness.

Life cannot purely rely on thoughts. Action is required with better sence of humour.

Anxiety is who people want you to be. Calm is who you are.

Male sexual response is far brisker and more automatic. It is triggered easily by things - like putting a quarter in a vending machine.

When the Internet publicity began, I remember being struck by how much the world was not the way we thought it was, that there was infinite variation in how people viewed the world.

I prefer to work with first-time directors.

The Germans in basements were pitiable, surely, but at least they had a chance. That basement was not a washroom. They were not sent there for a shower. For those people, life was still achievable.

I try to swim every damn day I can, and I've learned to scuba dive and snorkel.

Winning an Olympic gold medal is like nothing else.

To be conservative at 20 is heartless and to be a liberal at 60 is plain idiocy.