This is the point. One technology doesn't replace another, it complements. Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.

Wit can be beautiful, because it expresses and distills an idea.

If you go looking for loonies and religious fanatics and dropouts and freaks, I dare say you'll find it.

Atheism is not just about not believing there is a God, but on the assumption that there is one, what kind of God is he?

If you know someone who's depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn't a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather.

They are just 100 per cent bear, whereas human beings feel we're not 100 per cent human, that we're always letting ourselves down. We're constantly striving towards something, to some fulfilment.

My secret is that I have never thought there is a secret to anything in life. Passion. Love. Drive. Work. Work. Work. Dull but true.