Taste is one of the five senses, and the man who tells us with priggish pride that he does not care what he eats is merely boasting of his sad deficiency: he might as well be proud of being deaf or...

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.

I didn't want it to be a book that made pronouncements.

It's not like I've ever been the popular pretty girl at school or anything. I was always such a weirdo.

I think the Queen enjoyed my book on her father, George VI.

January's an incredibly difficult window to recruit in, especially when your league position's difficult.

I love horror because you can never just sit back in your seat. You always have to be on the edge of it.

The Rocky Mountains realize - nay, exceed - the dream of my childhood. It is magnificent, and the air is life-giving.

I want to go to Denmark and Scandinavia. We've been inundated with their telly recently, and I've never been to any of those countries. I really want to get to know the people. I quite fancy living...

I hate rats. I had a pet rat to try and overcome it. I even gave him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation when he had a heart attack. But I couldn't conquer it.

A good boxing competition gives one the sight of fine men in their prime, trained to the ounce, showing the highest skill, pluck and endurance in carrying out their attack and defence under strict...

Nightmares of a capital city overwhelmed by tsunami, war or plague transfix us, but catastrophe is first felt locally, and there are many homes outside the city.

I feel like I've made good friends with people I've worked with, but in terms of lasting inspiration, it is probably Matthew Vaughn who directed 'Kingsman' who's been really supportive, loyal to me,...

In a false quarrel there is no true valor.

What goes around comes around in business, and it's better to help people out rather than bill them every time you speak to them.

Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?

I honestly don't think I sought fame. It wasn't something I courted or wanted, particularly.

I'm a huge fan of 'Heart On My Sleeve' - I think it has a 'Take That' feel to it! John Shanks and James Morrison wrote the track, and we spoke to Sony and asked if we could reference a 'Greatest...

I never moisturized until I got skin cancer. It totally changed my opinion on moisturising. I used to think using a face protector was a bit of a girly thing, now I've worked out it's actually...

I hate exercise when it's a regime, but I love a bit of dance, just moving the whole body.

Christianity is a religion of continuity and discontinuity as well. It's about what stays the same and what changes in the twinkling of an eye. Both are necessary truths, but sometimes it's important...

But I've got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had one album's worth of work as his legacy. That's all that life allowed him.

I had held titles in all the major U.K. organisations, but we were struggling to make ends meet. There were times you don't have a fight lined up, and the bills are stacking up.

The more time I invested in myself and finding out what made me unique and special, the more jobs and campaigns I booked.

I don't really care what others think of me. You're not going to please everybody. I care what I think and what my children and my husband thinks.

I think in some ways, you end up with more interesting storytelling with series, because if you've written yourself into a corner with something in book 1, you have to be cleverer to get out of it.

There's something about actors - not stars, but actors - if they have the character, and someone is pushing and shoving them to be the best they can be, they enjoy that.

I used to pre-rehearse everything and then bring my pre-rehearsed performance to the set. Now, I'm learning to let it happen in the moment. American actors are much better at that than British actors....

Anybody can have a dip in form.

I didn't have a very starry school career, I was medium to above average, nothing special.