To say that it is without pace, point, focus, interest, drama, wit or originality is to say simply that it does not happen to be my cup of tea.

If rationality were the criterion for things being allowed to exist, the world would be one gigantic field of soya beans!

A genuine love of learning is one of the two delinquencies which cause blindness and lead a young man to ruin.

War is capitalism with the gloves off and many who go to war know it but they go to war because they don't want to be a hero.

Suicide is no more than a trick played on the calendar.

I should have the courage of my lack of convictions.

I read for interest and enjoyment, and when I cease to enjoy it I stop.