“I believe that science fiction is as profound as you want it to be or it can be very simple entertainment, and I'm all for very simple entertainment. Every now and then we all need to come home, veg-out, watch something and not think too deeply about it. It's what you want it to be. We tend to steer”

“A young man who isn't a socialist hasn't got a heart; an old man who is a socialist hasn't got a head.”