God Takes Out Your Heart Of Flesh,

I Am Not A Historian. I Don't See What I Do As Being A Rival To Biography.

The Weight Of The Old World Is Stifling, And Trying To Shovel Its Weight Off Your Life Is Tiring Just To Think About. The Constant Shuttling Of Opinions Is Tiring, And The Shuffling Of Papers Across Desks, The Chopping Of Logic And The Trimming Of Attitudes. There Must, Somewhere, Be A Simpler, More Violent World.

I Dislike Pastiche; It Attracts Attention To The Language Only.

I Think The Monarchy Today Is. . . Mildly Interesting And Largely Harmless. I Can't Find I Can Get Very Heated About It. In The Next Couple Of Generations, It Is Bound To Go.

People Will Identify With A Persecuted Minority Without Asking Themselves What They Are Identifying With.