Nothing is more sterile or lamentable than the man content to live within himself.

I also found being called Sir rather silly.

The invasion of Iraq was a bandit act, an act of blatant state terrorism, demonstrating absolute contempt for the concept of international law.

The Room I wrote in 1957, and I was really gratified to find that it stood up. I didn't have to change a word.

I hate brandy...it stinks of modern literature.

There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false.

It’s very difficult to feel contempt for others when you see yourself in the mirror.