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.

I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.