There are no hard distinctions 

between what is real and what is unreal, 

nor between what is true and what is false. 

A thing is not necessarily either true or false; 

it can be both true and false.

I intend to remain an independent and political intelligence in my own right.

Good writing excites me, 

and makes life worth living.

There are some good rules 

and there are some lousy rules.

One's life has many compartments.

It's so easy for propaganda to work, 

and dissent to be mocked.

Sometimes you feel you have the truth of a moment in your hand, 

then it slips through your fingers and is lost.

One is and is not in the centre of the mælstrom of it all.

I think it is the responsibility of a citizen of any country to say what he thinks.

The past is what you remember, 

imagine you remember, 

convince yourself you remember, 

or pretend you remember.

I never think of myself as wise. 

I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence 

which I intend to allow to operate.