"It was very serious and I wanted to do something really different so there was this comedy called TOP SECRET."

“Thus would I double my life's fading space;For he that runs it well, runs twice his race.”

Source : Abraham Cowley, T. Sprat (1721). “Poems and other pieces published by the late Lord Bishop of Rochester; with some account of his life and writings”, p.719

“Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens, or if you fall love with the music of Coltrane, the music of Aretha Franklin, or the music of Chopin - find some beautiful art and admire it, and realize that that was created by human beings just like you, no more human, no less.”

“All you can possibly need or desire is already yours.Call your desires into being by imagining and feeling your wish fulfilled.”

“Writing a novel without being asked seems a bit like having a baby when you have nowhere to live.”

“We like something because someone else liked it.”

Source : Source: www.thefader.com

“I write what I'd like to read and just hope that, along the way, others might like to read them, too.”

“Some PhD physicists write software or work for hedge funds, but physics still has a problem with having very smart people but not enough opportunities.”

“I'm just very body-conscious. Sometimes I'm really proud that I don't look like other pop stars. But there's also moments where I'm like, 'Ugh, I wish I had abs like Bieber.'”

Source : "The Liberation of Sam Smith: Inside Rolling Stone's New Issue". Rolling Stone Interview, www.rollingstone.com. January 28, 2015.