I write about five thousand words a day, when working on a book, about three thousand a day if I'm writing a short story. I take long periods off between projects, when I read a lot, garden, and think about the next book or stories.
[last lines] Dr. Jean Grey: [voiceover] Mutation. It is the key to our evolution. It is how we have evolved from a single-cell organism into the dominant species on the planet. This process is slow, normally taking thousands and thousands of years. B...
Professor Charles Xavier: Mutation. It is the key to our evolution. It is how we have evolved from a single-cell organism into the dominant species on the planet. This process is slow, normally taking thousands and thousands of years. But every few m...
Before a game, you know, I can take off my helmet, run over there and spend a few moments with someone who is dealing with so much more than I've ever had to deal with and to love on them and care about them and in front of thousands and thousands of...
Growing up, I was a target. Speaking the right way, standing the right way, holding your wrist the right way. Every day was a test, and there were a thousand ways to fail, a thousand ways to betray yourself, to not live up to someone else's standards...
A lillion miles of journey starts with a foot stamp
The musical equivalent of St Pancras Station. (on Elgar)
What I never overcame is a kind of shyness.
An orchestra full of stars can be a disaster.
I can run a good few miles. I box a little.
I'm not the type of person to live in fear. I think positively.
Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.
Preparing for a future in music is an expensive proposition.
I love both my parents dearly.
It is not as difficult as I thought it was, but it is harder than it is.
Tonight I'm going to listen with my ears.
Basically speaking, conducting is quite a healthy profession.
A journey by Sea and Land, Five Hundred Miles, is not undertaken without money.
I don't really go mountain biking per se, like a proper sport.
Music is meant to be a beautiful thing.
I have music in my brain all the time, all sorts.
