The old attitude toward newspapers was that they were completely disposable - today's newspaper is tomorrow's fish wrap.

Life was indeed cruel

Valentines Day itself, like most holidays in the modern era, has been heavily influenced by commercialism that focuses on the appeal of romantic fantasies.

Worry is negative goal setting.

Liberty is the power that we have over ourselves.

The prima ballerinas who taught me were far more scary than Gordon Ramsay. They'd scream at me and pull my legs and arms, so after them Gordon was a piece of cake.

Shame is the dying embers of virtue.

If you can once engage people's pride, love, pity, ambition (or whatever is their prevailing passion) on your side, you need not fear what their reason can do against you.

in this world there is only toleration for the so-called normal.

My motto is very simple. Win a Ring for the King.

Science fictions are suppressed only when likely to contribute more knowledge and freedom than the defensive orthodoxies they challenge.