I thought I better warn you that I am not one of those politically correct comedians, but it turns out that also I'm not really that racist, homophobic or woman hating either, so you might not notice

We as human beings like to be cocksure and certain.

Once you start looking at the world rationally, it becomes much more exciting.

I want to create shows which are interesting. I hope that some people are excited by some of the ideas.

Life, to me personally, I believe it is a finite thing, my consciousness, and I want to use it as much as possible.

I'm glad the universe is pointless. It means if I get to the end of my life, the universe can't turn to me and go, 'What have you been doing, you idiot? That's not the point!

Science is very cross-generational; you're not just aiming it at twentysomethings, or eightysomethings. Every town's got a really broad selection of people and age groups interested in science.