Those who rule the world get so little opportunity to run about and laugh and play in it.

I have written it before and am not ashamed to write it again. Without Wodehouse I am not sure that I would be a tenth of what I am today -- whatever that may be. In my teenage years, his writings awoke me to the possibilities of language. His rhythms, tropes, tricks and mannerisms are deep within me. But more than that, he taught me something about good nature. It is enough to be benign, to be gentle, to be funny, to be kind.

Hold the newsreader's nose squarely, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers.

I like people who are as unlike me as possible, which is not an expression of self disgust or self hatred, but it's just that you know you obviously particularly admire things that you recognize yourself as not having.

Stop wanting wealth and fame and start wanting instead to do something well about which you are passionate

The most important philosophy I think is that even if it isn't true you must absolutely assume there is no afterlife.

I suppose the thing that really interests me is what mankind did with the big, big, big discoveries that have created our modern age.