I dislike the idea of jewellery being like a price tag around someone's neck. It needs to be something else - and there is something extremely magical about armour.

We need a government, not politics. Because there's too much politics. Of course there should be debate. But there seems to be so much pettiness and not enough good faith. It is civilized to agree to disagree, and this idea is slowly disintegrating. The great statesmen of the past knew this, and I think it helps drive civilization.

Life is full of banana skins. You slip, you carry on.

I practice stoic philosophy. As a human being, you may have emotions, but these don't need to affect your soul. The two are not one.

People always assume I don't need to work for money, but my divorce settlement was not as much as it's always reported to be.

Everyone thought I was going to fall down on my shoes and I kept saying, 'Well if I do I'll just get up!'

Time is infinite, but we are not infinite in it.