In nonfiction, you have that limitation, that constraint, of telling the truth.

I used to distinguish between my fiction and nonfiction in terms of superiority or inferiority.

In this very breath that we take now lies the secret that all great teachers try to tell us.

The purpose of our life is to help others through it.

Anyone who thinks they can save the world is both wrong and dangerous

Have you seen the snow leopard? No! Isn't that wonderful?

If we were doomed to live forever, we would scarcely be aware of the beauty around us.

Simultaneously I am myself, the child I was, the old man I will be.

The concept of conservation is a far truer sign of civilization than that spoilation of a continent which we once confused with progress.

How could I say that I wished to penetrate the secrets of the mountains in search of something still unknown that, like the yeti, might well be missed for the very fact of searching?

Be light, light, light - full of light!

You mean other than the wings? I once ate nine snicker bars in a row without barfing. It was a record.

Beware what you wish for, unless you have the grace to hope that your luck can be shared.

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

My life has crept so long on a broken wing Through cells of madness, haunts of horror and fear, That I come to be grateful at last for a little thing.

Most religions do not make men better, only warier.

Old Zen was the reduction of concepts to absurdity.

I am delighted to join Doctor Who and to be working with this incredible team. Ms Delphox is a great character and someone I've had a lot of fun playing.

You know those actors who have a sense for how they should be used? I don't think I have that.

I got a woman that's mean as she can be, sometimes I think she's almost as mean as me.

Without one friend, above all foes, Britannia gives the world repose.