The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected them to be.

The challenge for a human now is to be more interesting to another than his or her smartphone.

I learnt to stop fantasising about the perfect job or the perfect relationship because that can actually be an excuse for not living.

When I see someone like Richard Dawkins, I see my father. I grew up with that. I'm basically the child of Richard Dawkins.

People who readily accept the need for a gym will resist that their personalities might need some work too.

True love is a lack of desire to check one's smartphone in another's presence.

It is perhaps when our lives are at their most problematic that we are likely to be most receptive to beautiful things.