We should give the same respect to the lives of animals as we do to the lives of humans.

People may hope that the meat they buy came from an animal who died without pain, but they do not really want to know about it. Yet those who, by their purchases, require animals to be killed do not deserve to be shielded from this or any other aspect of the production of the meat they buy.

As we realize that more and more things have global impact, I think we're going to get people increasingly wanting to get away from a purely national interest.

Lay off with the 'You reason, so you don't feel' stuff, please. I feel, but I also think about what I feel. When people say we should only feel I am reminded of Göring, who said 'I think with my blood.' See where it led him.

Sci-fi is often a metaphor. I think it's more the themes and questions that science fiction raises rather than the exact predictions that should guide us.

Looking back on my career, I think I've been extremely fortunate to be in the right place at the right time in order to have the influence that I did.

If we all think only of our own interests, we are headed for collective disaster - just look at what we are doing to our planet's climate.