Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards.

My mum loves cats so I took her to see the lion cubs which at about a year old are actually quite big. She wasn't scared at all and went straight over and kissed one on the mouth! She thought they were just like her pets at home.

You're here to sweat. This program is live. There's about one thousand million people watching you. So, you remember - one wrong word, one foolish gesture and your whole career could go down in flames. Hold that thought and have a nice night.

I stopped working a few years ago because I just lost a spark that I'd had before. I thought I'd just try writing, and maybe start directing, but I did it very quietly.

The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves.

One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.

Gypsy was the name my brother gave a pet turtle he had. I always thought it was so peculiar.

The name Crow was inspired by a number of things. I thought it would be cool to have a robot with sort of a Native American feel to it.

In England, it's thought to be morally suspect to worry about what your surroundings look like.

For a while, I thought a lot about lineage. Where do I belong? Who am I standing next to?

A lot of people thought I wasn't doing anything because I was spending a lot of time socialising and going out, but I've always managed to get work actually done.

I thought we were making a nice little movie. That's how it was regarded by everyone else, too.

Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.

Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.

First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.