Even a small, everyday lie is a clue to the personality and preoccupations of the liar, like a dream or any other confection of the mind, that is half-conscious and half-unconscious, as all creative acts must be.

The author portrays himself in every line he writes and portrayal is always betrayal.

There's always trouble in the Middle East. I can't recall any time in my life when there hasn't been trouble there.

Even a small, everyday lie is a clue to the personality and preoccupations of the liar, like a dream or any other confection of the mind, that is half-conscious and half-unconscious, as all creative acts must be.

the old ploy of the powerful: never refuse when you can confuse. Distraction and delay are always better than obstruction.

At twenty your choices are almost unlimited. At fifty you're a prisoner of past decisions. At seventy you have no free will left at all.

Everything you do in war is a crime in peace