My cartoons appear in newspapers, which are full of words, but there's something about having it in this little box that confounds people's expectations.

Politics, like advertising, is about people selling you things you didn't really want or need.

I don't think being a cynic is necessarily a negative thing. It's a matter of seeing the world with clear and open eyes.

Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future, challenge the improbable and attain the impossible

There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and at forty-eight

A "centrally planned economy" by definition discourages and despises participation by the masses. It's a bureaucratic oligarchy.

I see religion as a storehouse of lots of really good ideas that a secular world should look at, raid, and learn from.

I've never enjoyed a course or training as much as this. I feel inspired, energised and more focussed about my teaching and career future.

I see people, as they approach me, trying to make up their minds whether they'll 'say something about it' or not. I hate if they do, and if they don't.

I loved feeling special. I hated feeling special.

We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious. They stole it from us. Sneaky little hobbitses. Wicked, tricksy, false!

I'm just a dude and I feel like being completely isolated would be kind of a drag. I really do get a lot of energy from feedback from fans. People create music videos and artwork for my music.

Unsuccessful emulation is too apt to sink into envy, which of all sins has not even the excuse to offer of temporary gratification.