I used to be hung up on my figure, but it's a waste of time. I don't believe in diets. Have four pints one night, be healthy the next.

You not sell your talent, your genius; as soon as you do, you are a prostitute. You sell your work, but not your soul.

Leo Tolstoy

I'm learning a lot about the culture of weight loss. I didn't know there were bloggers out there who were proud to be fat.

Mick Cornett

I was not afraid of the press or the militants. It was uncomfortable, but I was not afraid. With respect to the press, I knew I knew more than they knew about city matters. With respect to the militants, I understood it. I mean, everybody believed in those days that they were being screwed, you know, that somebody was getting ahead of them.

Ed Koch

'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.

William Shakespeare

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is a very natural human trait to destroy that which frightens us.

Laurell K Hamilton

Foul water will quench fire.

English Proverb

I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.

E. P. Thompson

There are a few writers that one has a relationship with that means, basically, you do whatever they say. One is Caryl Churchill, and the other is David Hare.

Stephen Daldry

Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.

Katharine Hepburn

One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.

Alexander Pope

I am a positive person and do not allow things to get on top of me.

Jamie Redknapp