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

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.

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

Like a flower, be soft, loving, kind, and beautiful, but never lose the courage to bloom.

Children, brought up naturally and in freedom, not only have imagination, but live in a world of imagination more real to them than our reality. ("Absolute Evil")

To write your dreams of fantasy, is to create fantasy in another's dreams

He didn't believe in magic and demons. He believed in day and night, endurance and fury, cold mud and loneliness and the speed with which blood leaves the body

Always be kind, for everyone is fighting a hard battle.

Despite the fact that David Petraeus is now very highly regarded in foreign policy circles because of his record in both Republican and Democratic circles. It's all pretty extraordinary.

Time is the speed at which the past decays.

When a man begins to perceive the love of God in all its richness, he begins also to love his neighbor with spiritual perception. This is the love of which all the scriptures speak.

I don’t just kiss people. Kisses aren’t... just with me.

I am madness maddened when it comes to books, writers, and the great granary silos where their wits are stored.