Neal Ascherson Quotes
I went into journalism in a grandiose way. I thought maybe I'd do a little journalism whilst I write the great novel of all time you see -- one has to keep oneself afloat.
Who invented political tolerance? The English invented it, it's something which has taken roots with some difficulty in Scottish politics.
I'm always interested in debunking myths if they are untrue. But it's also important to identify myths and how they function, what value they may have.
I am always fascinated when people talk about 'the forging of a nation'. Most nations are forgeries, perpetrated in the last century or so.
Darwinism did not strip meaning from the world but intensified it, 'by identifying it in as many aspects of life as possible'.
On the Black Sea, my father saw it begin. And on the Black Sea, seventy years on, I saw the beginning of its end.
To be defeated, but not to give in, is victory.- Jósef Piłsudski