“I have Asperger's syndrome and that means I'm sometimes a bit different from the norm. And - given the right circumstances - being different is a superpower. It makes you think differently. And especially in such a big crisis like this one we need to think outside the box. We need to think outside our current system, that we need people that think outside the box and who aren't like everyone else.”

“I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.”

“On the other hand, I think cats have Asperger's. Like me, they're very smart. And like me, sometimes they simply need to be left alone.”

“Thinking outside of the box is the art of accomplishing things without even borrowing anything from one's memory. Living in the present moment.”

“We need a player who will be a fox in the box and on the pitch. We need a player like Owen is for Liverpool.”

“Alan, you seem to think we won't like you unless you do things just like everyone else. Have you ever thought we might like you because you're different?”

“Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people.”

“I think the people who say we need satire often mean, "We need satire of them, not of us."”

“We need to do this everyday of the week and just really brainwash people into thinking about guns in a vastly different way.”

“I smile, now, thinking: we all like to think we are important enough to need psychiatrists”