I'm an introspective person. I'm not an extrovert.

I think Morse's thing about being a poor policeman but a good detective is a very good description of him.

There is no more final end than death.

I'm not an instinctive actor.

We all know that somebody did it, but how did they find the answer?

I'm an introspective person. I'm not an extrovert.

Parts like Morse don't grow on trees. He's a great character.

I think sadly that Morse thinks that he can exist on his own and he only realises at the end that he can't and never really has been able to. I feel sorry for him.

We were using a hand-held camera to film the scene when Morse collapses. The camera wouldn't start. Three times they said action and it still wouldn't work. To this day, they still don't know what was wrong.

In the same way he's fascinated by crosswords, the puzzle of solving the murder is what drives him on.

I was involved in school plays, but when I left school I did a couple of odd jobs as a baker's apprentice and then as a fruit market porter in Manchester.

Watch the mouth, it reveals what the eyes try to hide.

We take from the art of the past what we need. The variable posthumous reputations of even the greatest artists and the unpredictable revivals of interest in even the most obscure ones tend to reveal more about those who make revisionist assessments than about those who are being reassessed.

It's perfectly fair that you can't be a Roman Catholic priest unless you're a man. It seems right that the reach of anti-discriminatory law should stop at the door of the church or mosque.

There may be no issue that better illustrates the differences between Republicans and Democrats than energy. Consider it the 'all of the above' strategy for reducing gas prices, versus the 'all pain, no gain' plan for punishing those who emit carbon (like you).

I am a Bay Area guy, no question.

I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge, regardless of their background or life experiences.

That's why we have practice rounds. We make the adjustments as we go around, try and find out how to play the golf course the best we can. No big deal, it's nothing to me, it's the same for me as it is to everybody and we're all trying to understand it.

The process of software development doesn't feel any better than it did a generation ago.

In a very ugly and sensible age, the arts borrow, not from life, but from each other.

I was heartened to hear the President say that as we make progress on the ground, and Iraqi forces increasingly take the lead, we should be able to further decrease our troop levels.

My father was a newspaper editor, so I was surrounded by journalists my entire life. I think the fact that he was so well known may be why I chose to go into magazines and move to the States at a young age.

Ever since I was little, I loved to eat. I started eating when I wasn't hungry. My weight has always been up and down.

I don't distinguish the music I listen to from great music - it's just music. There shouldn't be an announcement that divides our food between what tastes good and what is good for us.

I write because I have an innate need to. I write because I can't do normal work. I write because I want to read books like the ones I write. I write because I am angry at everyone. I write because I love sitting in a room all day writing. I write because I can partake of real life only by changing it.

I don't want to be in everyone's face. I'm a big music fan, and I get really pissed off when it gets like that... and I don't want people to get like that with me.

And I just want to work with good directors and good people.

It's not good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of peple, and the only thing is to face it.

I started rereading 'The Dutchman' - I kind of just pulled it off the shelf.

In the course of evolution, it constantly happens that, independently of each other, two different forms of life take similar, parallel paths in adapting themselves to the same external circumstances.

In the Eucharist a communion takes place that corresponds to the union of man and woman in marriage. Just as they become one flesh so in Communion we all become one spirit one person with Christ.

Greece is the most magical place on Earth.

The present time is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment and we are forced to supply its deficiencies by recollection or anticipation.

Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.

I feel like, looking back, if I didn't have so many injuries, who knows where my numbers could be right now. But only God can judge me.

Ireland and America, music-wise, are very closely related. The Irish came over with their fiddles in hand, and you can hear it in the bluegrass and rockabilly. I love it when music from different countries combine.