Cancer victimhood contains a permanent temptation to be self-centred and even solipsistic.

People know when they are being lied to, they know when their rulers are absurd, they know they do not love their chains.

A good liar must have a good memory. Kissinger is a stupendous liar with a remarkable memory.

Forgotten were the elementary rules of logic, that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence and that what can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.

I'm not resigned, but I'm realistic too. The statistics in my case are very poor. Not many people come through esophageal cancer and live to talk about it, or not for long.

Suppose there were groups of secularists at hospitals who went round the terminally ill and urged them to adopt atheism: 'Don't be a mug all your life. Make your last days the best ones. People might suppose this was in poor taste.

In a Pyongyang restaurant, don't ever ask for a doggie bag.