The Companion of Honour I regarded as an award from the country for 50 years of work - which I thought was okay.

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All that happens is that the destruction of human beings - unless they're Americans - is called collateral damage.

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I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?

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This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.

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I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.

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I was brought up in the War. I was an adolescent in the Second World War. And I did witness in London a great deal of the Blitz.

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I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a most charming man and I used to send him my plays.

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I could be a bit of a pain in the arse. Since I've come out of my cancer, I must say I intend to be even more of a pain in the arse.

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If Milosevic is to be tried, he has to be tried by a proper court, an impartial, properly constituted court which has international respect.

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While The United States is the most powerful nation the world has ever seen, it is also the most detested nation that the world has ever known.

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