Had [Winston Churchill] been a stable and equable man, he could never have inspired the nation. In 1940, when all the odds were against Britain, a leader of sober judgment might well have concluded that we were finished.

Whether a belief is considered to be a delusion or not depends partly upon the intensity with which it is defended, and partly upon the numbers of people subscribing to it.

Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.

The creative consequences of man's imaginative strivings may never make him whole; but they constitute his deepest consolations and his greatest glories.

I get intrigued by a puzzle, and writing a book is the best way to solve it.

I want to show that the dividing lines between sanity and mental illness have been drawn in the wrong place.

It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a real relationship with them.