I said, 'Well, how much space do I have?' And they said, 'Well, you know, it's the Internet.'

My workspace is defined by books, ephemera, quiet and light. I don't have a computer, telephone or a fax machine there.

What protects you in this world from sadness and from the loss of an ability to do something? ... Work and love.

Everyone I know is looking for solace, hope and a tasty snack.

A visit to a museum is a search for beauty, truth, and meaning in our lives. Go to museums as often as you can.

Flowers lead to books, which lead to thinking and not thinking and then more flowers and music, music. Then many more flowers and many more books.

I like the brooding man - a brooding man with a sense of humor.

if something does go wrong, here is my advice... KEEP CALM and CARRY ON.

Go out and walk. That is the glory of life.

In any work you do, you can be profound one minute, and then you be superficial the next, and you can be smart and insightful and then insipid. There can be room for all that.

Wonderful things happen when your brain is empty.

Pritchard tutted. "Justice? Justice is even more problematic than truth. It's an emergent property of a very complicated system.

I don't think I'm extremely intelligent by any means.

What it's done for me is highlight the fact that we need to lean into the cartoon universe of social media.

Progress means movement in a desired direction, and we do not all desire the same things for our species.

My opinion is that anybody offended by breastfeeding is staring too hard

It is amazing how much crisper the general experience of life becomes when your body is given a chance to develop a little strength.

A good proof is one that makes us wiser.

Acting isn't really a creative profession. It's an interpretative one.

I am thrilled to be alive at time when humanity is pushing against the limits of understanding. Even better, we may eventually discover that there are no limits.

Was it so much to ask just to be left alone?