We continue to be spilled on by consumerism even though we know it doesn't make us happy.

Some people were just getting on with their lives, chatting, being young. It simply wouldn't do.

Our social and economic systems are so devoid of humanity and love.

Executive producers don't have to do anything. Nor do any kind of producers. They just sit around on deck chairs watching stuff, and if it gets cold, they leave. Actually I suppose as a producer you've got to be involved in helping out with solving problems.

A personality for the incredibly beautiful can be a pointless cargo.

Socialism isn't a dirty word; it just means sharing. Really, it's just the bureaucratic arm of Christianity.

And while we're on the subject of ducks, which we plainly are, the story, 'The Ugly Duckling' ought be banned as the central character wasn't a duckling or he wouldn't have grown up into a swan. He was a cygnet.