I became a journalist because one didn't have to specialise.

As I've said before, you can be an atheist and anything you like.

The thing about religion is that it's the first and the worst. The worst because it's the first.

The essence of tyranny is not iron law. It is capricious law.

As is so often the case with pieces that appear in the 'Onion,' I honestly could not decide whether this was a clever hoax or not - the arguments were almost exactly as stupid as the real thing.

It's impossible, I think, however much I'd become disillusioned politically or evolve into a post-political person, I don't think I'd ever change my view that socialism is the best political moment humans have ever come up with.

The stupider the regime the more intelligent the people get and the more humorous.