One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.

One is and is not in the centre of the maelstrom of it all.

There are some things one remembers even though they may never have happened.

All that happens is that the destruction of human beings - unless they're Americans - is called collateral damage.

The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember.

Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you ... at any time.

Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living.

I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a most charming man and I used to send him my plays.

I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.

Don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?

This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.

Even now, there are still days so beautiful, I almost believe in God.

She needed the chaos within her in order to discover the extraordinary no man could ever reach.

I will follow anyone... and remind everyone... that their fear is genuine.

God's plan for moving people from the broad road to the narrow road involves you.

I think the great artists (..) have always thought with the heart.

writers do not choose their subjects; their subjects choose them.

I don't think that [normalization] necessarily is going to damage the emerging economies.

I really think I need to find a home. I don't know if that includes a girlfriend or not, but first I need to find a home, definitely.

On your birthday . . . Have a cuppa, kick off your shoes, sit back and relax ? you deserve it! Best Wishes for a Very Relaxing Birthday.

The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.