I don't run a car, have never run a car. I could say that this is because I have this extremely tender environmentalist conscience, but the fact is I hate driving.

I suppose happiness is something one enjoys, but I suspect that happiness is not a state but rather a transition.

It never really occurred to me to believe in God.

I'm not an animal lover if that means you think things are nice if you can pat them, but I am intoxicated by animals.

If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in life is to pass on their genes to the next generation.

It is that range of biodiversity that we must care for - the whole thing - rather than just one or two stars.

The climate, the economic situation, rising birth rates; none of these things give me a lot of hope or reason to be optimistic.