I don't think anyone sets out to malign poor people but certainly that's what we do through organizations such as the World Trade Organization, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?

Playing live if the thing I love doing best

They thought they were Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall. In fact, they were more like Tom and Jerry

When Michael Jackson sings it is with the voice of angels, and when his feet move, you can see God dancing.

Actually, today I had to defend the Bush Administration in France again. They refuse to accept, because of their political ideology, that he has actually done more than any American President for Africa. But it's empirically so.

It's a tragedy that modernity has released this Ebola beast into the world. It renders humans untouchable, and that's sickening. The international response so far has been scandalous. China has delivered f**k all.