I get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to a book.

Philosophy is an odd thing... There is no particular Socratic or Dimechian or Kantian way to live your life. They don't offer ethical codes and standards by which to live your life.

I'd probably want to teach at university, because children would drive me insane. I suspect it would be English literature, Shakespeare and so forth. I've always been deeply, deeply in love with that kind of thing.

All the big words -virtue, justice, truth, ...- are dwarfed by the greatness of kindness

We gave you a perfectly good language and you f***ed up.

Like vichyssoise, revenge is a dish best served cold.

I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.