I often get letters, quite frequently, from people who say how they like the programmes a lot, but I never give credit to the almighty power that created nature.

The World is full of wonders, but they become more Wonderful, not less Wonderful when Science looks at them.

I often get letters, quite frequently, from people who say how they like the programmes a lot, but I never give credit to the almighty power that created nature.

Sentimentalising is anathema, as far as I am concerned. It leads you into ethical problems about violence and killing and eating meat. The whole world becomes topsy-survy if you impose moralities that were evolved within human society on what a blowfly or what a parasite does... there are lots of emotions you can deduce from an animal's behaviour that are correct, but when you start saying it's feeling guilty or thinking or a loved one or mourning, you must be very careful of those feelings.

Life is not all high emotion. Some of the most interesting things are when its not highly emotional: little details of relationships and body language.

I suspect that happiness is not a state but rather a transition.

You'll find people where their conditions aren't changing in any way, its rather rare for them to be happy.