The object of terrorism is terrorism. The object of oppression is oppression. The object of torture is torture. The object of murder is murder. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me?

It was like swimming against a current that swept you backwards however hard you struggled, and then suddenly deciding to turn round and go with the current instead of opposing it. Nothing had changed except your own attitude: the predestined thing happened in any case.

Snobbishness, like hypocrisy, is a check upon behaviour whose value from a social point of view has been underrated.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity.

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil.

The secret of a successful restaurant is sharp knives.