Sometimes you feel you have the truth of a moment in your hand, then it slips through your fingers and is lost.

It was difficult being a conscientious objector in the 1940's, but I felt I had to stick to my guns.

I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.

Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living.

While The United States is the most powerful nation the world has ever seen, it is also the most detested nation that the world has ever known.

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.

Beckett had an unerring light on things, which I much appreciated.