There are many ways of seeing the world. You can hang upside down from a meteor, volunteer to be the fourth stage of a three-stage rocket, or simply get in a balloon and keep going. But if it's sheer, unadulterated discomfort you're looking for, just stay on land.

There is barely a country in the world where you will be completely safe.

I saw novelists as being admirable people and I thought... I thought... maybe, one day, I could be one of them.

If I am seen as successful, it's all the more reason not to change - not to lose track of friends, not to be driven everywhere, not to go and get away from the world. That, to me, is real success: enjoying what you do, but being the same person.

The human race should just slow down and think about what it is doing.

In the absence of fear there is little faith.

When in doubt, resort to animation.