It doesn't bother me that people are stupid. I'm not stupid.

I'm going to move on and do other things. My life isn't going to be about Jar Jar Binks.

We like to think of film and music as art, but actually art is something that is not restricted.

The loss of a reliance on others often helpfully forces a more sophisticated rumination that enables the opening of previously unknown avenues.

All nature wears one universal grin.

Most of us start from that position of irony now and what I wanted to do - really felt like I had to do if I was going to write another novel - was move towards something like sincerity.

There is no revolution that can change the nature of man

What astounds me about the history of the British Navy is how cheaply we have policed the world for 300 years.

In every age the wisest have passed the identical judgment on life: it is worthless.

Cast first to your church those visions you absolutely know are the Lord's.

All I ever intended was to make a living at what I do. Everything I've achieved since then is above and beyond.

Proactive people carry their own weather with them.

Bad books always lie. They lie most of all about the human condition.