I have no bicycle, no car, no television I can understand, no media -- and the days seem to stretch into eternities, and I can't think of a single thing I lack.

We often say we are listening, but actually we are rehearsing in our head what we are going to say when our partner is finished.

Remember kids! In order to maintain an untenable position, you have to be actively ignorant.

There is a thrill in switching off the mobile, taking the bus to somewhere without CCTV and paying cash for your tea. You and your innocence can spend an afternoon alone together, unseen by officialdom.

I am not screened because I look like a terrorist. I am routinely screened because I look like someone who will readily comply.

We are a cyber nation.

Deliberate practice is a necessary but not sufficient condition for creating genius. For one thing, you need to be smart enough for practice to teach you something.

Many of us do work that feels more surreal than real.

Not many people know eggs freeze.