Unfortunately, the problem of the free speech argument is that you have to defend people you can't stand.

I have always thought, the secret purpose of the book tour is to make the writer hate the book he's written. And, as a result, drive him to write another book.

But I - and I just think it's very - one of the problems of defending the extraordinary principle of freedom of speech is that you have to defend freedom of speech for people like that too.

I only met Margaret Thatcher twice. The thing that I thought about meeting her was how extraordinarily intelligent she was. You really had to be on your game otherwise she'd make mincemeat of you.

Things, even people have a way of leaking into each other like flavours when you cook.

Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.

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