Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler.

Cruelty is not a literary value.

I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do.

You have people who believe they are scientifically literate but, in fact, are not. And I don't mind if you're not scientifically literate, but just admit that to yourself, so that you'll know, and perhaps you can take a first step to try to eradicate that.

Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of the ideology of the machine age.