Between "just desserts" and "tragic irony" we are given quite a lot of scope for our particular talent. Generally speaking, things have gone about as far as they can possibly go when things have got about as bad as they reasonably get.

Biography is the mesh through which real life escapes.

All your life you live so close to truth, it becomes a permanent blur in the corner of your eye, and when something nudges it into outline it is like being ambushed by a grotesque.

I'm offended by things and take pathetic little stands against them.

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

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

I cannot say that I write with any social objective. One writes because one loves writing, really.