England is the most class-ridden country under the sun. It is a land of snobbery and privilege, ruled largely by the old and silly.

All the papers that matter live off their advertisements, and the advertisers exercise an indirect censorship over news.

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues....

I knew that I had a facility with words and a power of facing unpleasant facts, and I felt that this created a sort of private world in which I could get my own back for my failure in everyday life.

An illusion can become a half-truth, a mask can alter the expression of a face.

It is bound to be a failure, every book is a failure, but I do know with some clarity what kind of book I want to write.

My dad used to say that life's a journey, but somebody screwed up and lost the map.

Our talk is right and the other person’s talk is wrong, however if a conflict occurs, then it is wrong.

Money isn't the solution to your problems. It only lets you carry your unhappiness around in style.

Will liked to live so that no one could find fault with him, and to do that he had to live as nearly like other people as possible.

No single nation should pick and choose which nations holds nuclear weapons. And that's why I strongly reaffirmed America's commitment to seek a world in which no nations hold nuclear weapons.

It's good to be out of your comfort zone. Just don't step out of your gift zone.

Lawyers love paper. They eat, sleep and dream paper. They turn paper into gold, and their files are colorful and their language neoclassical and calli-graphically bewigged.

I hate the feeling when I'm overseas, away from Australia, that I'm trapped, blocked by an ocean from getting to the people I love. That gives me anxiety.

We will not conquer our obstacles by running away from them. Speed does not matter, just that we do not stop.

My willingness to be intimate with my own deep feelings creates the space for intimacy with another.