"Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him."

"I think of myself... as a troubadour, a village storyteller, the guy in the shadows of the campfire."

"No memory is ever alone; it's at the end of a trail of memories, a dozen trails that each have their own associations."

"Knowledge is like money: to be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value."

"It is a profound truth that a life without philosophical reflection is a vessel adrift on an uncharted sea — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"There are a lot of famous comedians from Liverpool, then obviously the Beatles, and the football club. That's what people in Liverpool are passionate about."

"Even something as stupid as Vine videos makes you feel like you're making things on your own."

"I became famous almost before I had a craft."