The hacker community may be small, but it possesses the skills that are driving the global economies of the future.

I trained as a journalist in America where paying sources is frowned upon. Now I work in the U.K. where there is a more flexible attitude.

When you're a crime reporter, you see the nub of what life's about, and you don't have much patience for the falsity of politics.

It used to cost money to disclose and distribute information. In the digital age it costs money not to.

There's not a self-regulating group of nice fair-playing people in politics. There are a lot of dodgy people in politics.

Britain's legal structure is basically the same as in feudal times: laws are written for the elite.

Seeing a miracle will inspire you, but knowing you are a miracle will change you.

You have to remember that it is impossible to commit a crime while reading a book.

There was darkness, and monsters vast as worlds swam in it.

And it is always Easter Sunday at the New York City Ballet. It is always coming back to life. Not even coming back to life - it lives in the constant present.

When I'm shooting a film, I don't look at playback. I don't go and do a scene and then hurry up and watch what I just did. I never look at it so I haven't seen any of it.

I know when I should get good and when I should get bad.

To get to know, to discover, to publish-this is the destiny of a scientist.

Church members are either pillars or caterpillars. The pillars hold up the church, and the caterpillars just crawl in and out.

I wish I'd legitimately talked about some painful moments in my life where I felt insufficient as a kid.

All the skills which I have acquired during my sociological life allow me to diagnose and explain what is going on, but not to predict what will happen.