Free and fair access to books - to reading - is a right and one we should fight for.

Actually, I can write anywhere - airport lounges, in bed, on a rattling train going north.

What we attempt to do is not without danger. What we attempt to do may not succeed. But it is right and it is just. We act for the good of all.

The message is clear: libraries matter. Their solid presence at the heart of our towns sends the proud signal that everyone - whoever they are, whatever their educational background, whatever their age or their needs - is welcome.

People have different views of how you deal with different issues in literature, and, frankly, long may it last that there is a range of views.

History is written by the victors, the strongest, the most determined. Truth is found most often in the silence, in the quiet places.

There's no black and no white, just shades of grey...But the small betrayals lead to bigger ones, morality is eroded.