If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

I'm very odd 'cause I think there's more than just a materialist planet, a materialist, reductionist planet.

I'm not sure what's going on in Britain. I don't know what's going on in London. Because London is no longer an English city, and that's how they got the Olympics. I mean, they said, "We're the most cosmopolitan city on Earth," but it doesn't feel English.

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.

The English contribution to world cuisine: the chip.

To be creative you must create a space for yourself where you can be undisturbed... separate from everyday concerns.

God was treated like this powerful, erratic, rather punitive father who has to be pacified and praised. You know, flattered.