Storytelling Has A Narcotic Power.

Egyptologists, Skilled In Piecing Together The Papyri Of Lost Civilisations, Suddenly Discovered That The Same Talent Could Be Applied To Working Out The Pattern Of German Radio Traffic.

If You Spend Too Long Trying To Avoid Death, You Will Be Dead In At Least One Way.

I Think It's Very, Very Hard Not To Go Slightly Crazy If You're In The Top In Politics, Especially If You're There For A Long Time.

Politics? Boring? Politics Is History On The Wing! What Other Sphere Of Human Activity Calls Forth All That Is Most Noble In Men's Souls, And All That Is Most Base? Or Has Such Excitement? Or More Vividly Exposes Our Strengths And Weaknesses? Boring? You Might As Well Say That Life Itself Is Boring!

It's When You've Stopped Writing And Are Doing Other Things, Especially When You're Asleep, That The Real Work Is Done.