As a citizen, you have a duty to ask what is true and what is false.

As a citizen, you have a duty to ask what is true and what is false.

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

I think that is so interesting. It is le Carré. There must be so much of him when he was younger. He's an interesting character. I don't want to say the word "passive" because there is something very active about the way he is passive, if that makes any sense: the nature of his watching and his listening is active. It is always so alive because he is, essentially, a spy.

What is the best use of my time on this planet?

I think the early years, the first decade of your life, is the most formative in a way.

I am an optimist... I choose to be. There is a lot of darkness in our world, there is a lot of pain and you can choose to see that or you can choose to see the joy. If you try to respond positively to the world, you will spend your time better.