Because, let's face it, I do not get offered the parts that Brad Pitt has just turned down.

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

There is simply no limit to the tyrannical snobbery that otherwise decent people can descend into when it comes to music.

People still don't get how astounding Darwinism is. People think what shocked everybody was that Charles Darwin seemed to be saying we had descended from apes.

I suppose that there is no point wasting time being lazy, though of course indolence in a divine way, actually has its advantages.

I flicked my eyes over to Steve again and saw him straighten. He would need a diversion just to start. “Explanations?” I bellowed. “Explanations? There’s your explanation…there!” I stabbed a finger dramatically towards the far corner of the room. Pathetic, really. I mean, talk about the oldest trick in the book. But it’s a good book, and the trick would have been cut from subsequent editions if it didn’t sometimes work.

Part of life is learning what to be ashamed of and what to be proud of.