If an idea's worth having once, it's worth having twice.

The idea of the state is, or should be, a very limited, prescribed idea. The state looks after the defense of the realm, and other matters - raising revenue to pay for things which are for all of us, and so on. That idea has turned turtle now. The state isn't any longer perceived as an institution which exists to serve us.

Wars are fought for oil wells and coaling stations; for control of the Dardanelles or the Suez Canal; for colonial pickings to buy cheap in and conquered markets to sell dear in. War is capitalism with the gloves off.

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon.

You can't treat royalty like people with normal perverted desires.

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

Normally, even if you're on the set for 12 hours, there may be only a moment or two when you are actually useful.