Metaphor Is Embodied In Language.

The Thing About Imagination Is That By The Very Act Of Putting It Down, There Must Be Some Truth In One's Own Imagination.

We Should Always Look Back On Our Own Past With A Sort Of Contempt, As Long As The Tenderness Is There - But Please Let Some Of The Contempt Be There.

The More My Work Improves Or Broadens Or Widens, The More Surely I Tame Myself.

Politics Is Still Crucially Important. Our Choices Are Vital, And We've Got To Make Them And Not Just Say, 'oh They're All The Same.' They Are All The Same In Certain Ways, Alas - A Political Animal Is Such An Animal.

You Have To Assert Something About Yourself In Order To Be Yourself.