In America, the policeman is a working-class hero. In England, the policeman is a working-class traitor.

Insects are what neurosis would sound like, if neurosis could make a noise with its nose.

Deciding to write a novel about something - as opposed to finding you are writing a novel around something - sounds to me like a good evocation of writer's block.

When you’ve lost all your play, guess what love becomes. Work. Work that gets harder every hour.

The argument, now, is about whether Bolshevik Russia was 'better' than Nazi Germany. In the days when the New Left dawned, the argument was about whether Bolshevik Russia was better than America.

While making love, we often talk about money. I like it. I like that dirty talk

It's an ancient idea that the leader of a democracy should not be the cleverest but the most average. That's an arguable point, but the world has decided otherwise - except in America, where it still divides the country right down the middle.