Politics' the polite word for antediluvian prejudices, the rags put on by enmity and tribal resentment.

If you do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got. If what you are doing is not working, do something else.

Love and freedom are such hideous words. So many cruelties have been done in their name.

I feel these days like a very large flamingo. No matter what way I turn, there is always a very large bill.

Beliefs: Those things we hold to be true despite evidence to the contrary.

(The short story) is a form that has all the power of the novel - some would say more - but none of the self-importance.

Everything is in the way the material is composed.