All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing.

There's always the hyena of morality at the garden gate, and the real wolf at the end of the street.

Psychoanalysis is out, under a therapeutic disguise, to do away entirely with the moral faculty in man.

This is the very worst wickedness, that we refuse to acknowledge the passionate evil that is in us. This makes us secret and rotten.

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.

“99 Percent of failures come from people who make excuses.”

“What a strange thing man is; and what a stranger thing woman.”

“’Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.”

“They never fail who die in a great cause.”

“The best prophet of the future is the past.”

“Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.”

“If I don’t write to empty my mind, I go mad.”

“In England the only homage which they pay to Virtue – is hypocrisy.”

Musclemen grow on trees. They can tense their muscles and look good in a mirror. So what? I'm interested in practical strength that's going to help me run, jump, twist, punch.

In L.A., it's very hard to have some kind of conscience of some style out there. The weather's too hot; there's no seasons.

When I was growing up, my dad didn't have weights, so he made himself a weight bench. Instead of a hand-me-down jacket, it was a hand-me-down weight bench.

Me in a cape? I don't fancy that. Tight tights? Nah! I don't think that's right for me. I just respond more to true stories; that's my flavour.

Working with Sylvester Stallone is beyond a 'pinch yourself' moment. I remember growing up watching his films.

I'm more into MMA than any other sport. I watch a lot of the UFC fights. I have since it first came onto the scene.

Every single day has a different combination of exercises. It always changes, and that's what keeps things interesting.

I'm prepared to take risks. And every movie that I do is a risk. No one knows what the movie is going out turn out like.

It's street theater. You have to make it entertaining so people don't get bored and walk away.

One of the toughest guys in the world is Randy Couture - he is the true epitome of what a tough guy is.

The fight training was very extensive, a lot of stretching, a lot of coordination of balance exercises.