What is meant by: "We mustn't give in to the terrorists"? We gave in to them the moment the first bombs fell on Afghanistan.

Some people are passionate about aisles, others about window seats.

Sarah: That's not fair! Jareth: You say that so often, I wonder what your basis for comparison is?

Saying We will destroy terrorism is about as meaningful as saying: We shall annihilate mockery.

Ludicrous concepts…like the whole idea of a 'war on terrorism'. You can wage war against another country, or on a national group within your own country, but you can't wage war on an abstract noun. How do you know when you've won? When you've got it removed from the Oxford English Dictionary?

The Romans did not see [the tale of Romulus, Remus and the she-wolf] as a charming story; they meant to show that they had imbibed wolfish appetites and ferocity with their mother's milk.

I can direct things but I can't write. My memory is going, so I struggle for words.