The betrayal of people's good will, good trust that things are being done for the best and they actually ARE being done for the best.

'Happiness is a Small Politician' - my mantra then and forever more.

I once saw a lump of Greenland breaking off into the sea and moving south, which of course will affect the atmosphere and us generally, and it'll happen more and more.

I have even written a book about Wine called The Grapes of Ralph.

What I used to do with a passion, foolishly and vainly imagining I would change the world for the better, I no longer tolerate in myself or anyone else. But draw, always draw - and WRITE.

I am an artist and have no right buggering about with verbs and split infinitives, which is what being a writer says to me.

Man has an innate capacity for violence, but can only justify it in the name of justice.