I feel like I've reached an age where I can relax a little bit with the knowledge of what I've been through take all that experience and use it. I love the challenge of trying to get back to where I've been and beyond it.

I've always wanted to be a spy and frankly I'm a little surprised that British intelligence has never approached me.

It's part of a writer's profession as it's part of a spy's profession to prey on the community to which he's attached to take away information - often in secret - and to translate that into intelligence for his masters whether it's his readership or his spy masters. And I think that both professions are perhaps rather lonely.

So I wanted to sing inspirational music and that's exactly how I approached it - only the words have been changed to declare my relationship with God.

Memories imagination old sentiments and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel.

It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment.

Inventions have long since reached their limit and I see no hope for further development.

I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona and I hope that more opportunities become available.

I just get so fed up with seeing the same things written about me. If I see the words 'ice queen' attached to me I feel like banging my head against the wall. There's this perception that I can only be in a film if I have a glass of champagne in my hand and a stately home in the background.

Hip-hop's always reached out to kids. If you look at the last 10 big albums it might seem ironic. But when I look at the history of this music it's always had a lot of positivity.