I wanted to be some kind of captain of industry. Then I wanted to be in advertising, and then I wanted to be a newspaper reporter.

Knotty theological questions are the least worrying of problems to me. Why? Because they will be resolved in the hereafter, and meanwhile they can be safely shelved.

There is no point in asking a man a question until you have established whether he has any reason to lie to you.

Man who betrayed you once would betray you twice.

I have quite a few different Bibles. Having rejected my parents' religion, I still think the King James Bible is the most important work of literature in English. None of us can help being influenced by it.

I might not be a good socialist, any more than I'm a good Christian, but I am one.

I aim to be translucent, so you don't notice the words, just their meaning. I haven't much insight into people's motivations.