Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. The complexity and diversity of the world is the hope for the future.

People say the most stupid things on the spur of the moment that they then have to retract.

My marriage has worked because I am not around much.

I cut down trees, I skip and jump, I like to press wild flowers. I put on women's clothing and hang around in bars.

I have been unusually blessed in that I've been allowed to pursue two strands of a career that both delight me and seem to please the public.

I would love to go to Iran. The island of Madagascar, everyone says is pretty exotic, or the wonderful Namibian desert.

In the absence of fear there is little faith.