A stable climate is the most fundamental resource of all. No one has yet built a civilisation in an unstable climate

The thing about filming is that it can be the most banal experience because it's slow and there's a lot of waiting around.

The security of people and nations rests on four pillars - food, energy, water and climate. They are all closely related, and all under increasing stress

Each book which so far is written is filled with a new thoughts... new images... new arguments... new discussions.

The friend that always finds time to spend with you without consulting his or her calendar is a true friend.

The light was luminescence and gloom, like the sky at midnight speckled with stars. All she could smell was the ocean...

All the sea-gods are dead. You, Venus, come home To your salt maidenhead.

The Olympics have been with the world since 776 B.C., and have only been interrupted by war, especially in the modern era.

I don't think I want to write a third book. But the more people talk to me about it, the more I think maybe I do.

Has there ever been a visitor to Ludlow who hasn't wished they lived there?

The heresies we should fear are those which can be confused with orthodoxy.

It is not peace we seek but meaning.

Language is a very difficult thing to put into words.