BBC Radio is not so much an art or industry as it is a way of life . . . a mirror that reflects . . . the eccentricities, the looniness that make Britons slightly different from other humans.

The helicopter is a fine way to travel, but it induces a view of the world that only God and CEOs share on a regular basis.

Reality TV is sleazy, it is manipulative. It is as momentary as anything in popular culture.

Killing is the payoff of war.

You can never have enough garlic. With enough garlic, you can eat The New York Times.

Kids' views are often just as valid as the teachers'. The best teachers are the ones that know that.

The Bush Cabinet is quite interesting, there are no flashy people in there. No stars. They all seem quite focused and serious and knowledgeable about the areas to which they have been appointed.

It is always disarming to treat with the enemy, so to speak.

I would trust citizen journalism as much as I would trust citizen surgery.

We are on Sunday night because that is where they put us 30-odd years ago. I think we became a habit.

The Republicans learned well from Bill Clinton.

I will take you home, his lord had said. Home. He held to that word, as a man holds to a rope in a raging sea.

Os ventos do destino são imutáveis.

The mind, placed before any kind of difficulty, can find an ideal outlet in the absurd. Accommodation to the absurd readmits adults to the mysterious realm inhabited by children.

Art shows us that human beings still matter in a world where money talks the loudest, where computers know everything about us, and where robots fabricate our next meal and also our ride there.

You have to stop worrying about looking foolish, 'cause fear of being humiliated really limits you.

History is a constant race between invention and catastrophe.

To think that fulfilling yourself in this world will create eternal fulfillment is absurd. But we feel this way because we lack purity.

People call books holy, but they are yet to realize that life is holy.

Things don't really go that well when people get back together.

My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.