Some people are more terrorist than others

I can't visualize the situation in which we nuke ourselves into extinction.

The written history of the world is largely a history of warfare, because the states within which we live came into existence largely through conquest, civil strife, or struggles for independence.

I don't think that what's going on in Bosnia is political activity. It's partly political, but it's partly atavistic as well.

I think that black Africa is extremely terrifying. Black Africa can become a maelstrom of warring tribes without the outside world needing to feel the need to do anything about it.

A civilised man is someone who has discovered something more satisfying than combat.

It's commonly said that people who've been ill in childhood and who've had an upset education never really regret that they do. It means that you don't look at the world in the way that other people do, and if you were inclined to be a writer, that's a help.