I try not to make plans. God always laughs at your plans.

Everywhere there is inequality, everywhere there is division, and I worry about it. I think everybody does.

Once you've seen certain things, the moral compunction drives you to act.

What le Carré is so good at is unpicking something very specific about Englishness. That is almost part of why I think he wrote the novel. You can feel le Carré's anger that someone who has had the benefits of an English education and an English upbringing is using that privilege to basically do the worst things imaginable. There is an anger in the book about that.

Every time you consider a job, you have to check in with your inner compass and say, ‘Does this fit in with how I see what the work is for? Is this going to be something interesting and valuable to contribute to the world?’

What's my guilty pleasure? The thing is, I never feel guilty about pleasures.

I'm grateful for people who have believed in me when others might not have.