The ethical implications of genetic modification must be carefully considered.

Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.

The free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

There is no point treating a depressed person as though she were just feeling sad, saying, 'There now, hang on, you'll get over it.' Sadness is more or less like a head cold- with patience, it passes. Depression is like cancer.