Any problem can be solved between people if only they can trust each other

It is the child's understanding that teaches the adults the way of the future. They're still doing it today with modern technology.

I think people are more in contact now with the consequences of war than they've been for a very long time. And that's what amazes me when sometimes politicians seem to forget their history. They don't look and re-learn about what has happened before. Maybe they haven't got the memory, maybe they're already too young, but you can see how we become puffed up, and how we as a nation rise so quickly if we're not careful.

Admitting failure is quite cleansing, but never - pleasurable.

Being his real brother I could feel I live in his shadows, but I never have and I do not now. I live in his glow.

By the time I sit down and face the blank page I am raring to go. I tell it as if I'm talking to my best friend or one of my grandchildren.

Don't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life.