“I had been attempting novels since I was 14 but always ran out of stea...” — Michel Faber Quote

“I had been attempting novels since I was 14 but always ran out of steam. High hopes, poor craftsmanship.”

“'A Christmas Carol' is an extravagantly symbolic thing - as rich in symbols as Christmas pudding is rich in raisins.”

“I would love to have faith. When you take God out of the universe, there is no-one taking care us - we are just parcels of meat, collections of atoms - we have a little flowering on Earth, and then we're gone.”

“At one of the games I broadcast at Florida State a few years back, the mercury soared to 105 degrees, and you try attempting to look composed and professional, providing insight from the benches, while sweat pours into your eyes.”

“It is strange to reflect how much energy is thrown away in attempting to know the unknowable.”

“Joseph Mandell and I began by attempting to make chromatography of DNA work.”