Having been borne across the world, we are translated men. It is normally supposed that something always gets lost in translation; I cling, obstinately, to the notion that something can also be gained.

Everything has shape, if you look for it. There is no escape from form.

If you were standing next to the prophet on the mountain, would you have seen the archangel? And my answer to that was probably not, even though it's supposed to be a really big archangel. He describes it as - the Archangel Gabriel as standing on the horizon and filling the sky. That's a big angel.

And using that - the birth of a religion, it suggests that you have got two tests. You have the test of weakness. When you're weak, do you compromise, do you bend, do you give in, do you accommodate? And then the test of strength. When you're strong, are you merciful, are you generous, or are you cruel?

No story comes from nowhere; new stories are born from old.

Sometimes, people trying to commit suicide manage it in a manner that leaves them breathless with astonishment.

One of the problems with defending free speech is you often have to defend people that you find to be outrageous and unpleasant and disgusting.