By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times over.

It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one party representing four percent of the people.

The Americans only like things they can label, even if it kills them. Think of those poor Latin American writers. Some of them are very good. But the "magical realism" label has absolutely ruined them. The critics are like tourists who return from a trip saying they've "done" Machu Picchu: "Okay, we've done magical realism," so now we can throw it out.

CO₂ emissions anywhere threaten civilisation everywhere.

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.

Presidents have absolutely gone against the will of Congress. Congress hasn't declared a war since December 7, 1941, and yet we've been at war ever since with somebody or other in order to justify the war machine. Now we have alienated almost the entire earth

anyone who sings about love and harmony and life [john lennon] is dangerous to someone who sings about death and killing and subduing [Nixon]