And may the best of you - for it will only be the best of you, and even then only in the rarest and briefest moments - succeed in framing that most basic of questions, 'how do we live?'

I don't wake up drenched in sweat because I haven't been on stage in years.

Even if you do succeed most people wouldn't notice anyway.

I only have two rules for my newly born daughter: she will dress well and never have sex.

I don't want a trillion-dollar empire to run.

Utopia means elsewhere.

Some people die before their time so that others can live. It's a cornerstone of civilization.