I never believed that Israel had the right to exist at all.

I always feel freelance writers are leading a heroic life. I think that is the real writer's life. On the other hand, it's good to have another job. It gives you something to do.

I think ideas should be flying about and banging into each other. It is a kind of energy. If you occupy static positions, then things sort of ossify.

Hitler bombed London into submission but in fact it created a sense of national solidarity.

Everyone who supports Israel is a Zionist.

Ulysses is the greatest anti-racist text in the English language, and it challenges right from the beginning the vicious racism which lies near the foundations of the Irish Free State and of the Irish republic.

A truly vibrant and creative culture depends on a system of education which is not divided along class and sectarian lines.