A police state is a country run by criminals

That young man seeks opportunities to test his principles as readily as a drunk picks fights in a bar.

People perish. Books are immortal.

For me, as I suspect for most people, there comes a point where you have enough. If you've got £20 million, why keep going until you've got £100 million or £1,000 million? Does anyone need another vast yacht or private jet or a house full of gold?

Storytelling has a narcotic power.

The true currency of life is time, not money, and we've all got a limited stock of that.

You find out what you think by talking to yourself.