The ingredients for another Palestinian uprising are always there because as long as there is so much violence it is bound to explode. How, I cannot tell. But people will not accept it forever.

What journalism is really about-it's to monitor power and the centres of power.

Throwing stones is the birthright and duty of anyone subject to foreign rule. Throwing stones is an action as well as a metaphor of resistance.

In the end there is a choice. And my choice is to be against the occupation, and not only the occupation but the whole system of discrimination and dispossession.

The thing people forget when they are looking for solutions is there is nothing final in history.

According to what the IDF says to its soldiers. I don't know if this is what the IDF says to the media.

Things happen in a way that surprises. That's why I'm reluctant to predict. You cannot predict.

Hamas cannot stand free media.

I am a very conservative journalist and prefer to write about what happened, and not what will happen.

As a Jew and a journalist I have my privileges, and if one doesn't work I use the other one.

I think these questions about what will happen are questions for activists and about the agency of people in the course of events. This is not a question for a journalist, but for activists.

She told herself that she was happy to meet her executioner.

Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with your self esteem.

Blake said Milton was a true poet and of the Devil's party without knowing it. I am of the Devil's party and know it.

The situation is one something like living with your wife. Sometimes it is difficult and even irritating to live with her but it is always impossible to live without her.

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.

I love my accent, I thought it was useful in Gone In 60 Seconds because the standard villain is upper class or Cockney. My Northern accent would be an odd clash opposite Nic Cage.

One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible, and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so.

In America, women are powerful and strong, determined. If they want to be an object, they choose to be in control.

As far as depths of geekiness... I have more friends in World of Warcraft than I do in real life!

The depth of experience fine wine can bring to a dinner, particularly a bottle that has been through the past 100 years, makes you take stock of your own life.