I think one of the very frightening things about the regime of the National Socialists is that it made people happy.

I'm not saying all publishers have to be literary, but some interest in books would help.

It is remarkable how easily children and grown-ups adapt to living in a dictatorship organised by lunatics.

It is hard to think of anything which more tragically and clearly exemplifies the phenomenon of good political intentions achieving the precise opposite of their aim.

The latest research has revealed that women have a higher IQ than men.

I am shy to admit that I have followed the advice given all those years ago by a wise archbishop to a bewildered young man: that moments of unbelief 'don't matter,' that if you return to a practice of the faith, faith will return.

If you know somebody is going to be awfully annoyed by something you write, that's obviously very satisfying, and if they howl with rage or cry, that's honey.