Religion ... has certain ideas at the heart of it which we call sacred or holy or whatever. What it means is, 'Here is an idea or a notion that you're not allowed to say anything bad about; you're just not. Why not? Because you're just not. If someone votes for a party that you don't agree with, you're free to argue about it as much as you like; everybody will have an argument but nobody feels aggrieved by it. ... But on the other hand, if somebody says 'I mustn't move a light switch on a Saturday', you say 'I respect that'.

If God allows proof that he exists he robs people of faith and without faith what is God? Nothing.

A beach house isn't just real estate. It's a state of mind.

I'm 48, which is a bit of a shock to me. Why only last year I thought I was a precocious young thing!

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

To boldly split infinitives that no man had split before.

How do you know you're having fun if there's no one watching you have it?