I went to China for a brief working visit, and I thought that Shanghai was interesting, but Beijing totally grabbed me.

I don't mind not being cool; I wear a cardigan.

If you want something Scottish, go get yourself a kilt.

I realised that to compare your insides with other people's outsides leads to unhappiness.

Christians, you and your churches don't get to be millionaires while other people have nothing at all. They're your bloody rules! Either stick to them or abandon the faith.

I have learnt that I am incapable of packing the right amount of clothing, probably because I start 10 minutes before I'm supposed to leave, and that I truly hate airports.

I find myself by default an atheist but fairly unhappily so. It would be bloody marvelous if there was a god.

I'm more pompous and self-assured and determined that if - you know - if the truth can be told so as to be understood, it will be believed.

My purist comedy friends accuse me of being a Jack of all trades and master of none.

If Pac-Man had affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in dark rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.

I stumbled on a joke idea and style that worked, the audience went with it and, from that moment on, I was hooked. It's an amazing feeling.

A butler supplies food to nourish your body, but a writer nourishes your mind through writing.

I think this lack of a center has something to do with the loss of certainties that Christianity had to offer

Since we do operate in a binary world, if there's something that cannot be this or that, it drives us crazy.

I am a vegan out of my love and respect for animals, as well as respect for myself.

A journal is a great way to keep track of what happens daily in your walk with God and to record your prayers and thoughts.

My great project is to undo the moral and intellectual damage of most universities

The government never does anything successfully.

If somebody's hacking you, you don't want them to know that you know. You want to find out what they're doing, how they're doing it, and then you'll let them know you know.

My architecture is easy to understand. And enjoy. I hope it also is hard to forget.

Then shift to intention. Not what I find missing in my life, but to what I absolutely intend to manifest and attract into my life.