What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more and more popular: the loose putting down of opinions as though they were facts, and the treating of facts as though they were opinions.

World events are the work of individuals whose motives are often frivolous, even casual.

There is no such thing as a true account of anything.

I believe it's my pastoral duty to convert friends to atheism.

I keep as far from children as possible. I don't like the size of them; the scale is all wrong. The head tends to be too big for the bodies and the hands and feet are a disaster and they keep falling into things, and the nakedness of their bad character.

I come from the highest class of all. I am a third-generation celebrity.

These are two opposing forces, and whenever I am in active politics, I stop writing. And when I'm writing, I don't politick.