"I like the boundaries, the kinds of conventions of a documentary and having to work within that."

“I finally learned to accept that I can't make radio play blues any more than I could get Reagan out of the White House.”

“I could never have been an accountant. I got a D in math.”

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“I suppose a good director is like a teacher. I think that someone like David Cronenberg was very much like a teacher, because there's an openness, but a certain set of rules of behavior, and a certain conduct expected. But there's an atmosphere that's relaxed and conducive to exploration, and that is created by someone like Cronenberg.”

“Whatever the method, the purpose of quieting the mind is always the same... to step out of you own way and touch a Universal Oneness with all things.”

“I mean, Britain is a country of successful Muslim businesspeople, teachers and educators, journalists. So, we have to say very strongly that the two million plus Muslims in Britain, the vast bulk of them make a huge contribution to our society, and they actually make it the vibrant society it is.”

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“Somebody told me ... that he overheard a banker's wife saying her husband was working for free this year-this was 2009. What she meant was, he was just getting his basic salary of £300,000, and no bonus. Their sense of entitlement is, in the proper sense of the word, psychotic.”

“Science sees signs; Poetry, the thing signified. Co-author with his brother Julius Hare.”

“I am a blank slate - therefore I can create anything I want.”