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I Am A Strong Believer In The Intertwined Nature Of The Personal And The Political; I Think They Move Together.

America's Strength Has Made It A Sort Of Gulliver In World Affairs: By Wiggling Its Toes It Can, Often Inadvertently, Break The Arm Of A Lilliputian.

I Think That Right Now, The Global Political Crisis That We See All Over The Place Has To Do With Virulent Nostalgia. Everywhere, People Are Talking About Taking Us Back To The Good Old Days. Whether That's The "caliphate," Or Britain Before The Eu, Or "make America Great Again." But, We Can't Go Back And Many People Wouldn't Want To Go Back Even If We Could.

Only In Novels Can We Take Another Human Being Into Our Head And Create Something Jointly.

All Human Stories Are Migration Stories Because Everyone Is A Refugee From Their Own Childhood.