The more fantastic an ideology or theology, the more fanatic its adherents.

In writing, fidelity to fact leads eventually to the poetry of truth.

One of the pleasant things about small town life is that everyone, whether rich or poor, liked or disliked, has some kind of a role and place in the community. I never felt that living in a city - as I once did for a couple of years.

Why I oppose the nuclear-arms race: I prefer the human race.

England has never enjoyed a genuine social revolution. Maybe that's what's wrong with that dear, tepid, vapid, insipid, stuffy, little country.

A leader leads from in front, by the power of example. A ruler pushes from behind, by means of the club, the whip, the power of fear.

I'm in favor of animal liberation. Why? Because I'm an animal.