I'm just saying I'm being myself, and people understand that.
It's a rare gift to understand that your life is wondrous, and that it won't last forever.
If you don't allow yourself the possibility of writing something very, very bad, it would be hard to write something very good.
A weapon does not decide whether or not to kill. A weapon is a manifestation of a decision that has already been made.
Because civilization isn't a thing that you build and then there it is, you have it forever. It needs to be built constantly, recreated daily. It vanishes far more quickly than he ever would have thought possible. And if he wishes to live, he must do what he can to prevent the world he wants to live in from fading away. As long as there's war, life is a preventative measure.
Do you know the difference between an optimist and a pessimist? A pessimist says ‘Oh dear, things can’t possibly get any worse. ’ And an optimist says, ‘Don’t be so sad. Things can always get worse.
The fingers on his flesh told him he was loved, that he had always been loved, and that the world was a place where above all else things that were good would find a way to burrow into you.
I'm a water person; water heals.
The Scots are a very tough people. They have drive-by headbuttings. In Glasgow a sweatband is considered a silencer.
We show a lot of film [with Regis Philbin] from my career which is most enjoyable. I enjoy watching it.
I think the best way people can connect to you is by being real