I've spent a bit of time with the Prince of Wales, who I respect greatly. I'd give two cheers for the Monarchy.

What might save us, me and you, is if the Russians love their children too.

The more irrational of us are worried about the millennium ending - as if a date would really matter.

I made two movies before The Police had a hit record: I did Quadrophenia and a film called Radio On.

The War on Drugs has failed - but it’s worse than that. It is actively harming our society. Violent crime is thriving in the shadows to which the drug trade has been consigned. People who genuinely need help can’t get it. Neither can people who need medical marijuana to treat terrible diseases. We are spending billions, filling up our prisons with non-violent offenders and sacrificing our liberties.

If you really want to define civilization it should be a culture that doesn't destroy its environment. If you burn down the kitchen one day and expect to eat the next, it is not even intelligent, let alone civilized.

I come from a family of losers, and I've rejected my family as something I don't want to be like.