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

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 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

All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space.

Opponents of globalisation may see it as a new folly, but it is neither particularly new, nor, in general, a folly.

If you have script problems and you don't fix them by the time you shoot, your script problems are now 40 feet tall.

I was surrounded by phonies...They were coming in the goddam window.

I know very well that I have no reason to feel aggrieved - I am fully aware of how lucky I am, but knowing it and still being down makes me hate myself all the more.

I try to separate my personal life from swimming.

One of my biggest thrills for me still is sitting down with a guitar or a piano and just out of nowhere trying to make a song happen.

I was probably in the best shape of any athlete at the time, but you don't get to pass judgment on yourself.

Tonight will be bad, and tomorrow will be beyond imagining.

You are an adult when, faced with important decisions, you choose to have more faith in yourself than anything else.