I loved writing 'Two Brothers' more than anything else I have written. It's the first book I've written that I've always known I wanted to write. Having said that, it also kept me awake at nights.

I don't consider myself Jewish. I am half-Jewish by race but not through my mother.

We've all got to look at ourselves, start with yourself, that's all you can do. I believe that we can act responsibly as a group, it's just that there are vested interests telling us not to bother.

You think I look like a teletubby?

I resent the creation of a world in which beauty is a reminder of what we're losing rather than a celebration of what we have.

I try hard not to preach, but I get carried away, which is a mistake, but it's a risk worth running.

The appropriation of radical thinking by lazy, self-obsessed hippies is a public relations disaster that could cost the earth.