You know what I wish? I wish all the scum of the Earth had one throat and I had my hands about it.

Growing up in the Boroughs, I thought I must be the cleverest boy in the world, an illusion that I was able to maintain until I got to the grammar school.

Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.

To some degree Satanism is purely a kind of disease of Christianity. You've got to really be Christian to believe in Satan.

I live my life free of compromise, and step into the shadows without complaint or regret.

The one thing with writing stories about the rise of fascism is that if you wait long enough, you'll almost certainly be proved right. Fascism is like a hydra - you can cut off its head in the Germany of the '30s and '40s, but it'll still turn up on your back doorstep in a slightly altered guise.

I am not saying people should not be free to join whichever reason they choose but should we be forced to live our lives around a belief system that originated somewhere around the fourth or fifth century BC. I cannot see any more reason to base a belief system around Christianity, Judaism or Islam than I can around Lord of the Rings.