All of us, ultimately, we're not that interesting, when it comes down to it.

I am human and I need to be loved, just like everybody else does.

All human activity is fruitless when pitted against the girls and boys singing on pop television, for they have found the answer as the rest of us search for the question. I will sing, too. If not, I will have to die.

Humans are not really very humane.

If anyone has seen the horrific and unwatchable footage of the Chinese cat and dog trade - animals skinned alive - then they could not possibly argue in favour of China as a caring nation. There are no animal protection laws in China, and this results in the worst animal abuse and cruelty on the planet. It is indefensible.

I was wasting my life, always thinking about myself.

I am the son and the heir of a shyness that is criminally vulgar.