The one thing we know about torture is that it was never designed in the first place to get at the actual truth of anything; it was designed in the darkest days of human history to produce false confessions in order to annihilate political and religious dissidents. And that is how it always works: it gets confessions regardless of their accuracy.

The Dixiecrats meet again in New York. Now they're called Republicans.

What's great about it is that you see, the great struggle for gay people is that the politics is just not going to work for us.

I think you earn your reputation for honesty and integrity literally hour-by-hour, and taste for that matter.

My own view is simply that there are some very basic rules; very simple rules that apply to all writing in a way, which is: don't lie; if you're wrong, correct; do not misrepresent; and try and keep oneself intellectually honest - which means, as a writer, the very difficult task in public of admitting you were wrong.

The essence of romantic love is not the company of a lover but the pursuit.

I can barely remember what I wrote yesterday, let alone 10 years ago.