I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.

When Britain and the U.S. invaded Iraq, it was with the reasonable expectation that it was going to increase the threat of terror, as it has.

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

You wouldn't believe the kind of hate mail I get about my work on irregular verbs.

The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason.