The greatest thing anyone in Britain could do to help the future of the planet would be to have one less child.

Having one less child is the biggest contribution anyone can make to leaving a habitable planet

You're not going to be liked by everybody when you speak the truth. I don't speak the truth to put people down I don't speak the truth to show disrespect.

You don't really know what to believe until the Government denies it.

What does it mean that social structures among young people are so often predicated upon trying really, really hard to appear to not-be-trying?

With a little more tweaking, we could make orange juice in the orange without any packaging or processing.

The smallest thought could not exist unless the entire universe and the laws of physics were in some way encouraging it.

Other people singing my songs is something that I've never been casual about. I've always been very touched by it and I always go into immediate critical suspension.

When I'm writing, I thoroughly enjoy it. It just goes on.

You can love me or hate me but.. you can’t ignore me

Nuclear proliferation - the proliferation of WMDs altogether - is one of the greatest dangers of our time.

There’s nothing under the ground that’s worth more than the little layer of topsoil sitting on top of it.