I like making things. I have a wood shop at home. I am a terrible carpenter but I love doing it.

The idea of capitalism is not just success but also the failure that allows success to happen.

I like to do my principal research in bars, where people are more likely to tell the truth or, at least, lie less convincingly than they do in briefings and books.

The very existence of the bicycle is an offense to reason and wisdom.

Well the planet I've got a chance to visit is Earth, and Earth's principal features are chaos and war. I think I'd be a fool to spend years here and never have a look.

If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health, slow your mind, make you fat - in other words, turn you into an adult.

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.