Fifty percent of people won't vote, and fifty percent don't read newspapers. I hope it's the same fifty percent.

CO₂ emissions anywhere threaten civilisation everywhere.

The brain that doesn't feed itself, eats itself.

"Terrorism" is a metaphor, it's an abstract noun. It's like having a war on dandruff. It's something from advertising, it's meaningless.

Those who have not undergone minor disasters are usually being held in reserve for something major

Having no talent is no longer enough.

Everybody likes a bit of gossip to some point, as long as it's gossip with some point to it. That's why I like history. History is nothing but gossip about the past, with the hope that it might be true.