My own chief curiosity is to go into the world and explore as richly as I can, and as deeply as I can, and understand its richness as fully as I can, and that certainly will live on.

The biggest and grandest adventure in life is life itself.

A person needs at intervals to separate himself from family and companions and go to new places. He must go without his familiars in order to be open to influences, to change.

I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful - an endless prospect of magic and wonder.

A lot of people thought I wasn't doing anything because I was spending a lot of time socialising and going out, but I've always managed to get work actually done.

Membership of an organisation is good, as long as you can make yourself heard.

Some people need a fig-leaf on their mouths.

I've been very happy with all the teams I've played for. They all treated me very well.

Give fear no hold on you. Keep sinews loose and senses open, ready at every instant to flow with the rush of action.

I'm so proud of my son for being so funny!

The issues that matter to me are the social safety nets for people, health care, middle-class concerns. We need to take care of the middle class and the poor in our country.