Arbitrary benchmarks cheat kids out of a fulfilling education.
My interest in film is sort of catholic - apart from science fiction and horror movies, I'll watch almost everything.
Business is constantly changing, constantly evolving.
Design and technology should be the subject where mathematical brainboxes and science whizzkids turn their bright ideas into useful products.
Fear is always a good motivator.
Today, computers are almost second nature to most of us.
Failure is an enigma. You worry about it, and it teaches you something.
The media thinks that you have to make science sexy and concentrate on themes such as rivalry and the human issues.
I think if you have to pay for your education, you worry very seriously about you're going to do when you've got your degree.
Beauty can come in strange forms.
People will make leaps of faith and get excited by your product if you just get it in front of them.
Anger is a good motivator.
In the digital age of 'overnight' success stories such as Facebook, the hard slog is easily overlooked.
When decisions on nuclear power stations and runways are delayed and the government dilly-dallies, people think they aren't important.
I don't design down to a price.
I don't do something necessarily to make a big profit or because it's a logical business decision.
I hate science fiction.
I don't particularly follow the Bauhaus school of design, where you make everything into a black box - simplify it.
The wonderful thing about Apple technology is just how intuitive it is.
Britain's great strength is its innovative, design and engineering natural ability and we're not using it.
So I think the winners in recession are the people who produce new technology that does things better, which people really want.