"Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true."

"Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education."

"Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race."

"Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired sex endured by women is probably greater in marriage than in prostitution."

"It's definitely time to stop. We're getting too old. We both realised that the show wasn't as engaging as it used to be. We were starting to look a bit ridiculous."

"A lot of knowledge in any kind of an organization is what we call task knowledge. These are things that people who have been there a long time understand are important, but they may not know how to talk about them. It's often called the culture of the organization."

"Dreams get you into the future and add excitement to the present."

"My process is thinking, thinking and thinking - thinking about my stories for a long time."