I was a freelance journalist, and it was a struggle because I had to pitch all the time, research, and stay on top of subjects.

By visualizing information, we turn it into a landscape that you can explore with your eyes, a sort of information map. And when you’re lost in information, an information map is kind of useful.

If you want to visualize something in its fullness you have to look at every perspective and every angle, and that means - sometimes uncomfortably - looking at things you don't want to look at.

Data is the new oil? No: Data is the new soil.

Visualizing information is a form of knowledge compression.

It's enjoyable to just drink in an image. It's effortless. That struck me as an interesting way of looking at it: I do all the grunt work so you can enjoy.

I think it's good practice, if you're a writer, or anyone who's shaping narrative, to be flexible and open with the direction of the narrative.

I'm happy to provide that service. But that's the power of it. A good infographic that's been really worked on looks simple and easy, but it actually required a lot of processing.

Sometimes the data has a sense of a structure within it, especially if I'm looking at networks or relationships, which generally lend themselves to a certain style.

In an endless jungle of websites with text-based content, a beautiful image with a lot of space and colour can be like walking into a clearing. It's a relief.

If God doesn't use people who've failed, who's left for Him to use?

Yeah. I've been pretty fortunate to travel I guess, all around the place.

All my stuff is men's fashion. It's always oversized shirts, boyfriend blazers and trousers.

We want to live and love and build a just and peaceful society.

Life never end when you are in it.

Sometimes a person thinks he's attached to one thing and he's really attached to something else.

I look at the universe and I know there's an architect.

I don't find life unbearably grave. I find it almost intolerably frivolous.

Reform, like charity, must begin at home.

Possibly the greatest waste in life is the gap between what you are and what you could become.