I Always Chose All My Friends On

Do Unto Others…’ Is A Good Rule Of Thumb. I Live By That. Forgiveness Is Probably The Greatest Virtue There Is. But That’s Exactly What It Is - A Virtue. Not Just A Christian Virtue. No One Owns Being Good. I’m Good. I Just Don’t Believe I’ll Be Rewarded For It In Heaven. My Reward Is Here And Now. It’s Knowing That I Try To Do The Right Thing. That I Lived A Good Life. And That’s Where Spirituality Really Lost Its Way. When It Became A Stick To Beat People With. ‘do This Or You’ll Burn In Hell.’ You Won’t Burn In Hell. But Be Nice Anyway.

Telling Someone With Depression To Pull Themselves Together Is About As Useful As Telling Someone With Cancer To Just Stop Having Cancer

I Think Sometimes You Get Given A Good Pile Of Goodwill, And It's Whether You Use It Up In The First Six Months Or Spread It Out Over A Career.

When You Think Of Things Like The Sopranos, The Wire, Damages, They Are Beating Film On A Regular Basis. Most Films Are Terrible. It's Only The 2% That Are Good. There's Things You Can Do On Tv Which You Can't Do On Film. There Is Something About Those Episodic, Serialisations That Are Grand And Operatic.

The Grass Isn't Always Greener On The Other Side!