The world is infinitely more complex than it appeared to me 15 years ago.

I didn't like the nervous tension of being a public person.

I have deep respect for people's individual faith, but when faith gets connected to the machinery of state, or the machinery of hate, I find it very confronting.

The world is infinitely more complex than it appeared to me 15 years ago.

Absolute faith can blind you to the consequences of the actions you allow. It can tell you it's okay to drop bombs on another country, or that it's okay to hate a group of people such as homosexuals.

A poll earlier this year showed that 42 per cent of Americans believe we're in the End Times.

We live in a society that worships youth. On television, in magazines, in advertisements and on billboards, what sells and what is sold to us is youth.