We can't fix all problems but we must fix the ones we can

It's still very difficult for me to rely. Your weakness, the blessing of your weakness is it forces you into friendships. The things that you lack, you look for in others.

Sometimes religion gets in the way of God.

Particularly conservative Christians, I was very angry that they were not involved more in the AIDS emergency.

Contrary to reports, this boy is not a billionaire or going to be richer than any Beatle - and not just in the sense of money, by the way. The Beatles are untouchable. That’s just a joke.

What really turns me on about technology is not just the ability to get more songs on MP3 players. The revolution - this revolution - is much bigger than that. I hope, I believe. What turns me on about the digital age, what excites me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing.

There is a root arrogance in any writer; a hugely arrogant assumption that anyone is going to listen to them.