I've probably done more than a thousand interviews, and I can't remember what people asked me two months ago or two days ago.

My mother is really the person I learned to curse from. She discourages me from saying that in interviews. But it's true.

America has not produced a more salient political musician than Gil Scott-Heron.

My wife likes me to point out that she puts our daughter down to sleep more often than I do, which gives me time to write stupid books about it.

I vividly remember coming for an interview [for his job] - many interviews - and I was asked if I would be 'prepared to try some biologically sustainable farming'. I hadn't got a clue what it meant, so I said, 'Yes, of course,' as you do in those situations. That was my introduction to organics.

Sleeping is one of the more private aspects of parenting; it happens in a quiet room, whereas eating is a more public aspect of parenting. Other people can see it and compare it to what their kids eat.