Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as ever. I view these guises with profound contempt.

There are some things one remembers even though they may never have happened.

I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a most charming man and I used to send him my plays.

I'll tell you what I really think about politicians. The other night I watched some politicians on television talking about Vietnam. I wanted very much to burst through the screen with a flame thrower and burn their eyes out and their balls off and then inquire from them how they would assess the action from a political point of view.

I believe an international criminal court is very much to be desired.

I don't give a damn what other people think. It's entirely their own business. I'm not writing for other people.

This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.