A Life Spent Shaping A World I

All Revolutions Are The Sheerest Fantasy Until They Happen; Then They Become Historical Inevitabilities.

I Think All Writers Of My Age Who Are Brought Up On Films Probably By The Age Of 16 Have Seen Many More Films Than They Have Read Classics Of Literature. We Can't Help But Be Influenced By Film. Film Has Got Some Great Tricks That It's Taught Writers.

Oh, Diplomacy ... It Mops Up War's Spillages; Legitimizes Its Outcomes; Gives The Strong State The Means To Impose Its Will On A Weaker One, While Saving Its Fleets And Battalions For Weightier Opponents.

One Cannot Pass By Without Thinking Of The Density Of Men In The Ground.

Hate Eats The Hater The Way Ogres Eat Little Boys.