We as human beings like to be cocksure and certain.

If you really want space on public transport you should carry some pornography from the 1970s and a pair of children's safety scissors, then delicately cut out all the eyes of the glamour models whilst whistling. Every now and again mutter, 'Why are women more beautiful when they are eyeless?' You will be able to stretch out, though this can have ramifications such as ending up on a police list or being run out of town.

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

As much as of course that Englishness of always to be embarrassed about any sense of complement, it is nice to know that a lot of the projects that I've worked on that people do feel there has been some effect.

Wherever you are on Earth, there is more life present than in the rest of the known universe.

I have a theory that evolutionary biologists are more vain than particle physicists.

They gave 12 monkeys a typewriter for a week, and after a week, they only used it as a bathroom.