I think I was really naïve. I had no context to think about what I wanted to do. Each step was a next stage of exploration.

Great stories happen all around you every day. At the time they’re happening, you don’t think of them as stories. You probably don’t think about them at all. You experience them. You enjoy them. You learn from them. You’re inspired by them. They only become stories if someone is wise enough to share them. That’s when a story is born.

I was there [in school] the full time with one teacher, and the student body was never more than 10 or 12 students of all ages.

I've always been a keen cyclist, I'm very close to the world of cycling. Not just cycling really - also walking, adventures, being a curious person, traveling to new countries.

Even today, the bigger the city, the better. That's why I live in New York.

Christianity began in Palestine as an experience, it moved to Greece and became a philosophy, it moved to Italy and became an institution, it moved to Europe and became a culture, and it moved to America and became a business! We've left the experience long behind.

I was always kind of naïve, and really needed to be given some direction.