If I'm afraid, I won't do the shoot. If I'm doing the shoot, I won't be afraid.

ACTOR ANDY LAU on filming action scenes in future as he recovers from a horse-riding accident

It's not a linear march through time; you revolve around the same old things as you age and acquire experiences. You might spin around something for decades and then suddenly see it in a slightly new way.

FILM-MAKER MIRANDA JULY on life

We gossip about her as if she had just left the room.

NOVELIST HILARY MANTEL on the 20th anniversary of the death of Princess Diana