My so-called career is a haphazard thing.
The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.
Any privacy in public is a hard thing to negotiate.
TV is a hard thing to do. It's a hard thing to get a show.
The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.
The hardest thing with musicians is getting them not to play.
The flower is a jumble of thighs, the sun's harem - the most oriental thing imaginable.
I am obsessed with the whole Victoriana thing, the whole Jack the Ripper London era, the grayness of it, the haunted feeling of it, all ancient and bloody.
Landing the role of Stephen Hawking was the most positively surprising thing that has happened to me.
If I'm honest, the thing I am proudest of is my varieties of wild flowers in the hay meadow.
When something is heartwarming and triumphant, and not corny or preachy, it's such a powerful thing.
There is no such thing as a riskless hedge against inflation.
This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.
The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
I was a fly on the wall at Gawker Media during the heyday of this thing called blogging.
The high note is not the only thing.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
The only thing I don't have is hips.
My favourite movie right now is probably 'Hitch', a Will Smith thing.
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
