As long as our civilisation keeps trundling along generally forwards, then there is the possibility of a future where ethnicity is merely an interesting badge, not a uniform you cant take off. – David Mitchell
Many children are natural fantasists, I think, perhaps because their imaginations have yet to be clobbered into submission by experience. – David Mitchell
Ive become a less brave traveller since I became a dad, but in the past I was more foolhardy than brave. – David Mitchell
I think all writers of my age who are brought up on films probably by the age of 16 have seen many more films than they have read classics of literature. We cant help but be influenced by film. Film has got some great tricks that its taught writers. – David Mitchell
One of the matters that must be addressed is that Rwanda and Uganda have to leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Were also supporting processes to ensure that the political dialogue among the Congolese themselves takes place so that the people there can decide their future. – Thabo Mbeki