All I do is read books, really. I worry about that sometimes. I don't seem to have a hobby or anything.
Everyone who supports Israel is a Zionist.
One of the strongest features of Puritanism is its autobiographical tendency, its passionate self-regard.
A truly vibrant and creative culture depends on a system of education which is not divided along class and sectarian lines.
Is the biographer an artist who can and should exist on equal terms with the dramatist, fiction writer and poet? The short and robust answer is, 'Certainly not.'
In my view the European culture carries a very heavy responsibility for the creation of Israel... it is a product of both British and Stalin's anti- Semitism, but the British never faced their own complicity in its construction.
'Ulysses' is the greatest anti-racist text in the English language, and it challenges right from the beginning the vicious racism which lies near the foundations of the Irish Free State and of the Irish republic.
This sympathy is not translated into force against the British government because it is not like the anti- apartheid movement which had a high profile here and Mandela is a more engaging figure than Yasser Arafat.
Unfortunately, in the north and the south of Ireland, intolerant habits are part of the fabric of emotion, part of the identity crisis which afflicts the population of the country.
You are either a Zionist or an anti-Zionist.
I think protest and actions have to be organised against the Israelis and their backers. There needs to be a concerted high profile campaign to raise awareness of the people in this country.
I think attacks on civilians in fact boost morale.
I never believed that Israel had the right to exist at all.
I don't think the British carry a historical consciousness either.
I am not very moved by historical apologies.
Hitler bombed London into submission but in fact it created a sense of national solidarity.
I wish I could write lyrical poems, but I just write the way they come.
I'm kind of domestic, untidily so.
I always feel freelance writers are leading a heroic life. I think that is the real writer's life. On the other hand, it's good to have another job. It gives you something to do.
Look, you're either a Zionist or an anti-Zionist: there's no middle way. Everyone who supports the state of Israel is a Zionist.
