Aubrey de Grey

There is no difference between saving lives and extending lives, because in both cases we are giving people the chance of more life.

Ever since we invented fire and the wheel, we've been demonstrating both our ability and our inherent desire to fix things that we don't like about ourselves and our environment.

What I'm after is not living to 1,000. I'm after letting people avoid death for as long as they want to.

I've conducted an experiment on my kids. Instead of denying them access to media, I've encouraged it. They read comic books, play Nintendo and watch way too much TV.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow.