"Wisdom principle 82 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 99."

"All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting."

"The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection."

"Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception."

"The paradox of freedom is that every step forward is a victory over stagnation."

"There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will."

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free."

"Life is a very orderly thing, but in fiction there is a huge liberation and freedom. I can do what I like. There's nothing that says I can't write a page of full stops. There is no 'should' involved, although you wouldn't know that from literary reviews and critics."