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

I could fall for you in a heartbeat

What news? There's nothing to tell. I'm a nun.

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.

World War II is the greatest drama in human history, the biggest war ever and a true battle of good and evil. I imagine writers will continue to get stories from it, and readers will continue to love them, for many more years.

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

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