“I'm very shy really. I spend a lot of time in my room alone reading or writing or watching television.”

“God's the final judge for Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash too. That's solely in the hands of God.”

“God gives us life and takes us away as He sees fit.”

“The things that have always been important: to be a good man, to try to live my life the way God would have me, to turn it over to...”

“You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you do...”

“Six foot six he stood on the groundHe weighed two hundred and thirty-five poundsBut I saw that giant of a man brought downTo his k...”

“On the death of his brothers, my dad lied about his age and joined the army in 1918. He was in the trenches long enough to be gass...”

“I'm not great at dealing with death, I have to say. I find death very hard: my mum, my dad, Sid Vicious. I'm not a monster; I feel...”

“A lawyer I once knew told me of a strange case, a suffragette who had never married. After her death, he opened her trunk and disc...”

“The Wedding March has a bit of a death march in it.”

“I've been looking at some video clips on YouTube of President Obama - then candidate Obama - going through Iowa making promises. T...”

“Once the attacks occur, as we learned on Sept. 11, it is too late. It makes little sense to deprive ourselves of an important, and...”