"When by habit a man cometh to have a bargaining soul, its wings are cut, so that it can never soar. It bindeth reason an apprentice to gain, and instead of a director, maketh it a drudge."

“We always feel pretty creative as far as writing songs. We write them together; we just get in a room, or on occasion in Flea's garage. We just sort of improvise, like jazz musicians.”

“I love telling stories. I like the challenges presented to me on a daily basis. There's nothing resting about acting.”

Source : "David Morrissey: 'Acting gave me a life'". Interview with Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. November 9, 2012.

“You certainly wouldn’t want to invest much time in an argument with someone who would believe it in the first place.”

“When New Yorkers tell one about the dangers of their city, the muggings, the dinner parties to which no one turns up for fear of being attacked on the way, the traffic snarl-ups, the bland indifference of the city cops, they are unmistakably bragging.”

“The quest for the truth, in and of itself, Is a story that's filled with insights.”

“You can imagine the sign outside Tory central office. Shop closed - out to lunch.”

“An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies: it reveals the writer totally.”

Source : V. S. Naipaul (2012). “The Writer and the World: Essays”, p.225, Pan Macmillan

“It is doubtless very desirable, that private persons should have a correct knowledge of their personal interests; but it must be infinitely more so, that governments should possess that knowledge.”