Thomas Huxley

Learn what is true in order to do what is right.

Science and literature are not two things, but two sides of one thing.

Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.

I don't know very many people in the art world, only socialise with the few I like, and have little time to gnaw my nails with anxiety about any criticism I hear about.

I grew up under Thatcher. I grew up believing that I was fundamentally powerless. Then gradually over the years it occurred to me that this was actually a very convenient myth for the state.

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.