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

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 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.

Didn't I seize the fire of ideas and make them leap, tear, fly, sing

Repentance seemed like too loose of a word. I knew I’d been wrong, but that didn’t soften the blow.

Events are not a matter of chance.

One tell-tale sign of a Wingnut: they always confuse partisanship with patriotism.

Everywhere I go, I see young people: Confident, forward looking. I have seen them in Lagos, in Rwanda, in the suburbs of London.

Any rapidly enacted episode. . .should be seen through only one pair of eyes.

Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you.

When I love somebody, I love somebody. Like, I want to marry them. I don't date around. I haven't been on a date.

I started thinking about my relationship with my students; I'm this guy who comes in from book - and movie - land and descends on angel wings into their classroom.

Adolescent stage in the development of the human race from which humanity should free itself.

The more successful you become, the longer the yardstick people use to measure you by.