I always feel freelance writers are leading a heroic life. I think that is the real writer's life. On the other hand, it's good to have another job. It gives you something to do.

You are either a Zionist or an anti-Zionist.

I think protest and actions have to be organised against the Israelis and their backers. There needs to be a concerted high profile campaign to raise awareness of the people in this country.

I am not very moved by historical apologies.

I think attacks on civilians in fact boost morale.

A truly vibrant and creative culture depends on a system of education which is not divided along class and sectarian lines.

I don't think the British carry a historical consciousness either.

I think ideas should be flying about and banging into each other. It is a kind of energy. If you occupy static positions, then things sort of ossify.

All I do is read books, really. I worry about that sometimes. I don't seem to have a hobby or anything.

I never believed that Israel had the right to exist at all.

I wish I could write lyrical poems, but I just write the way they come.

Oh dear Sunday, I am so happy that I want your entire wisdom at my dinner table.

No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.

Fame is a very strange animal.

The passions I have in my life are my family, music, books, I'm an avid plant collector, and I love to ride my bike.

Successful cooperation in or by formal organizations is the abnormal, not the normal, condition.

Dreams don't die until we let them.

I think there are enough professional actors to fill in for me in my absence. I enjoyed it, but I can't imagine a role that would be interesting beyond playing myself.

Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you male, but about the stories you tell.

It's tragic when people think feminism is a dirty word.

Anything that exists on the human palette is, from my point of view, fair game for artists to portray. You don't have to go see it if you don't want to, so don't go.