Harvard meant a lot in my writing life from the beginning, even though I didnt actually do much composition on the spot.

Loyalism, or Unionism, or Protestantism, or whatever you want to call it, in Northern Ireland - it operates not as a class system, but a caste system.

Walk on air against your better judgement.

I suppose I did feel a certain public pressure always.

Once I was on the job, once I had got started, I felt safe enough, but the anticipation made me tense.

The way we are living, timorous or bold, will have been our life.

Behaviour that's admired is the path to power among people everywhere.