People say that I'm a tree hugger, but I do a lot more than hug trees. I like having my drinking water without faecal matter, that's really nice. Or acceptable levels of strychnine. I'm an air breather, I've gotten used to that over the years.

When you create you get a little endorphin rush. Why do you think Einstein looked like that?

Change is not popular; we are creatures of habit as human beings. 'I want it to be the way it was.' But if you continue the way it was there will be no 'is.'

[when asked about what he was most thankful about]: Being alive. After heart surgery, you dig that part. Breath, family and friends are just amazing. Just to have a second shot is pretty great!

Do you think God gets stoned? I think so ... look at the platypus.

Politics: Poli a Latin word meaning many and tics meaning bloodsucking creatures.

Taking Viagra after open heart surgery is like a Civil War re-enactment with live ammo. Not good.