Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life

If atheists are deaf to the word of God, then theists are blind to the ways of man.

I've never particularly liked travelling with large groups or being told where to go by somebody else. I prefer to find out for myself.

People are still crazy about Python after twenty-five years, which I find hard to believe.

The Buddhist version of poverty is a situation where you have nothing to contribute.

I don't see why it should be remarkable that you can acquire a reputation for fairness and decency. Those are qualities shared by so many people. And the great majority of people I meet are decent people, just trying to navigate their way through the world without causing too much trouble.

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.