I have a son, who is a... not an ordinary form of schizophrenia, but clearly, cannot take care of himself. And the great fear of then, of all parents is, when the parents die, who takes care of your child? And the answer is: they become homeless.

You've never heard of an English lover. Only an English patient.

My heroes were never scientists. They were Graham Greene and Christopher Isherwood, you know, good writers.

If you succeed with your first dream, it helps. You know, people trust you, possibly, for the second one. They give you a chance to play out your second one.

Racists have often used pseudoscience to justify their socially damaging views; watch these films to see how science, by replacing ignorance with knowledge, can undo that damage.

Whenever you interview fat people, you feel bad, because you know you're not going to hire them.

A goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.