I was so hungry when I started attempting acting. Not even to be a professional. Just to find out if I could act.

If anyone gets arrogant about their religion, that's when the religion isn't effective anymore. Any decent religion or any decent philosophy is always about tolerance and individual freedom, not about harm.

I've spent a lot of years waiting for the right thing to come in - and now, after 'Thrones,' there's a possibility that I could actually have a hand in getting something made.

Let's just shatter the illusion. I am not wealthy. I've lived in the same house for the past 30 years.

The Christian faith is the most exciting drama that ever staggered the imagination of man - and the dogma is the drama.

The glamour of air travel - its aspirational meaning in the public imagination - disappeared before its luxury did, dissipating as flying gradually became commonplace.

My plan was always to leave school and live in a flat with some friends, have a 9 to 5 job, and try to get as many gigs as I could. I wanted to keep writing and then eventually, in my twenties, head to a record label and hope they'd sit down and listen to my book of songs, sign me as a songwriter and maybe an artist in development.

Being a writer involves writing. You've got to commit to sitting down and writing instead of Xbox or Netflix.