But I work harder now because I have so much more exposure. And actually the harder you work as a writer the better you get at it. It's like anything else. It's a muscle you have to exercise. I write more now than ever.

After I had the Caesarean I was told I had really strong stomach muscles and so would heal very quickly. And I did. I was up walking about within three hours. Six days after having her I was out shopping and shortly after that I made it to David Walliams' wedding.

When I found out I had to take off my shirt in 'Teen' movie I panicked and hit the gym. I was like 'It's going to be on film documented for my children to see. I can't be 140 pounds. I need to put on a little bit of muscle.'

My workouts include aerobic exercise for a healthy cardiovascular system strength training to maintain muscle tone and bone density core strength exercise for a stable mid-section and stretching to maintain mobility.

The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength and strives with all his muscles to keep himself afloat. But what is he to do when there is no land on the horizon and none beyond it?

So many older people they just sit around all day long and they don't get any exercise. Their muscles atrophy and they lose their strength their energy and vitality by inactivity.

The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve journeying on its way to form?

A lot of guys have muscles. A lot of strong men in this world. I think it's important to show that even under all this strength there's a fragile side a side that can be affected.

A key to strengthening spiritual muscles and enduring hardship is finding strength in the Word of God.

I used to play football at school and I enjoyed really physical sports but I now try to avoid any sports that might build up different muscles. That might have a negative impact on my archery.

The word power has such a generally negative implication in our society. What are people talking about? Are they talking about muscles or control?

I get very nervous whenever I think about it. I've never done a serious play and I have such awe of the woman - she's really my only idol. It's going to be a big stretch - certain people come out on stage and your face muscles automatically tense and you get ready to smile.

'Metals' has partly been about me regaining my self respect and I feel like I'm growing the muscles I want to grow again.

I found enormous opposition to my religion. It's like if you want to strengthen your biceps you lift heavy weight as heavy as you can handle and work your muscles against resistance until it grows strong. I had to do that with my religion.

There's no particular relationship between spending and educational results. Most education spending is actually on salaries and that's allocated according to political muscle.

I think poetry has lost an awful lot of its muscle because nobody knows any. Nobody has to memorize poetry.

Patience can't be acquired overnight. It is just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it.

I look at American movies the big muscles and try to apply that to Chinese film-making.

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles but today it means getting along with people.

Our imaginations are strong as children. Sometimes they get shoved aside these imaginations. They get dusty and mildewed with age. The imagination is a muscle that has to be put to use or it shrivels.

I race historic muscle cars back in Australia and that's my hobby. And I try to race home as soon as I've finished a movie but don't tell anyone.

But the fact of the matter is that all scientific evidence would show based upon what we know about this disease that muscle cuts - that is the meat of the animal itself - should not cause any risk to human health.

If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your muscles grow your ego has reached a point where it is now eating itself. That's why I believe there should be a psychiatrist at every health club so that when they see you doing this they will take you away for a little chat.

What happens when you have great grief in your life is the arteries of that heart begins to spasms down just literally squeezes down like this because you're feeling the tension of your life and then the heart muscle itself will also begin - to get stressed out.