At School I Was Very Shy. I

Perhaps My Favourite Story Is 'le Passe-muraille' By Marcel Ayme. It's About A Guy Who Wakes Up With A Weird Faculty That Means He Can Walk Through Walls. He's A Very Shy Clerk, And He Uses It To Get Revenge, Or Vent His Frustration.

If You Take A Child From South Africa And You Put Them In Boston, They're Going To Speak With A Boston Accent. And So, That's A Way To See The World As Everybody Is Equal, Not As A Result Of Politics, But As Human Beings.

Objectivity Is Very Hard To Achieve. It Needs Some Research And Patience. If You Want To Do Something Honest, You Have To Explore It A Little Longer.

I Don't Like The Idea Of Competition - Maybe Because I Kept Losing Them When I Was A Kid. Maybe It's Better To Be The One Who Loses?

It's A Very American Thing That Everything Has To Be A Business. Americans Think... I Like America, Or I Would Not Be Here. There Are Great Qualities To This Country. But This Sense That Everything Has To Be A Business Is Sometimes Overwhelming.