At some point in your life you have to engage with the fact that you are part of a society. Yeah the individual is the most important facet in society but unless every individual is the recipient of free health care, free education decent affordable housing and a proper pension then only the rich and powerful will be individuals and the rest of us will be exploited by them.

What happened on September 11 wasn't the first act of war, it was the most unspeakable act of murder and terrorism. But it was construed by a very small group of people - there is no army out there in the dark waiting to take over America. It's like being stung by a bee and going out and smashing up a beehive, and thinking you've solved the problem. There are more beehives out there; more bees will come. But they're bees. They're not grizzly bears.

If you've got a blacklist, I want to be on it.

I never met a politician who didn't want to be a guitar player in a rock band. I've got the opportunity to say what I believe in.

A nation with their freezers full are dancing in their seats, while outside another nation is sleeping in the streets.

I try and write honestly about what I see around me now.

I think if you're going to make political art, you have to engage at some level. You can't just write about politics, you have to try and be politics as well.