Listen -- strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

I want people to know there is more to Somalia than looting and piracy.

George Harrison's passing was really sad, but it does make the afterlife seem much more attractive.

The trouble with travelling back later on is that you can never repeat the same experience.

My marriage has worked because I am not around much.

'Nice' means nothing. Is it someone who doesn't swear and shout? I swear and shout. 'Nice' sounds ineffectual.

My parents have been married forty-two years. I wonder how many of those were happy.