As I grew up, everything started getting grey and dull. I could still remember the amazing intensity of the world I'd lived in as a child, but I thought the dulling of perception was an inevitable consequence of age - just as a lens of the eye is bound gradually to dim. I didn't understand that clarity is in the mind.

The best laughs are on the recognition of truth.

Many teachers think of children as immature adults. It might lead to better and more 'respectful' teaching, if we thought of adults as atrophied children.

Trying to do better is trying to be better than you actually are, and I don't think you can do that.

I think my brain is much more intelligent than I am...so I tend to trust it.

If people had no fear, you'd hardly need to have to teach them. It's the fear that screws everything up.

Light entertainment means it mustn't teach you anything.