Nobody wants to end up super rich and famous - but divorced. I'm always clear on that and try to stay on the right side of the line.

But the wild is unpredictable, stuff does happen, and it's always when you're least expecting it.

I find skydiving really hard. I broke my back while skydiving when I was in the military, and for 18 months all my nightmares were about falling.

Survival is not about being fearless. It's about making a decision, getting on and doing it, because I want to see my kids again, or whatever the reason might be.

A man's pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance.

As for my diet, I try to eat lean, clean and healthy - nothing too surprising. And I avoid too much meat or dairy because they slow you down.

I am not fearless. I get scared plenty. But I have also learned how to channel that emotion to sharpen me.

Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.

I loved climbing because of the freedom, and having time and space. I remember coming off Everest for the last time, thinking of Dad and wishing that he could have seen what I saw. He would have loved it.

Americans are cool; if you show just a chink of vulnerability, they respond so much. They'll pat you on the arm and say, 'Hey kid, you're all right.' Brits will respond but they are much more cynical.

Swiftly, swiftly flew the ship, Yet she sailed softly too: Sweetly, sweetly blew the breeze - On me alone it blew.

No well-bred person goes ashore on someone else's island when there's no one home. But if they put up a sign, then you do it anyway, because it's a slap in the face

The spirit of adventure sped through his soul on mighty wings.

I am on the right wing of the middle of the road and with a strong radical bias.

Hell is boiling over. And heaven is full. We're chained to the world. And we all gotta pull. And we're all gonna be ...just dirt in the ground".

I love adventure movies, I just love action adventure films. It's pure cinema and you go in and you're lost to it. To me, it's that challenge - I want to give an audience that ride, that entertainment.

I'm becoming more adventurous.

I'm becoming more adventurous.

This is our island. It's a good island. Until the grownups come to fetch us we'll have fun.

She walked on, comforted by the surf, by the one perpetual moment of beach-time, the now-and-always of it.

Caddy got the box and set it on the floor and opened it. It was full of stars. When I was still, they were still. When I moved, they glinted and sparkled. I hushed.

Paris is a hard place to leave, even when it rains incessantly and one coughs continually from the dampness.

I want Carl Sagan to explain the sky to me.

As Hegel put it, only when it is dark does the owl of Minerva begin its flight. Only in extinction is the collector comprehend.