Whittle was an amazing chap. Tiny, stubborn, unstoppable - jet-propelled! It's amazing the impact his invention has had upon the world.

The finest mode of transport known to man.

When art critics get together they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine.

All Nature wears one universal grin.

There is a kind of victory in good work no matter how humble.

The only problem with the "children of Reagan" line is it reminds you that Marco Rubio is the young candidate.

History is said to be written by the victors. Fiction, by contrast, is largely the work of injured bystanders.

I am not fitted to give concerts. The audience intimidates me, I feel choked by its breath, paralyzed by its curious glances, struck dumb by all those strange faces.

the higher the flame shoots the quicker it blacks out.

It's no secret - I love detective fiction. One of the reasons I love being in London is because I like to watch all the shows on TV. I watch them all.

Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him.

The Paris attack was highly sophisticated, well-planned, very clever, took months in the making, very much like 9/11. And there is a 9/11-style attack coming to America.