"You cannot escape the fact that women mould your first five years, whether you like it or not. And I can't say I do like it very much."

"I think a lot of romanticizing has gone on with the women's movement."

"I do not think that marriage is one of my talents. I've been much happier unmarried than married."

"What really fascinates me is this need that is so strong now that if you read a work of the imagination you instantly have to say, 'Oh, what this really is is so-and-so,' reducing it to a simple formula."

"I don't want to clip on the armour every morning. I've seen some politicians do this and they get a bit mangled and bitter. I just refuse to do that. I refuse to be angry or bitter or complain, and I remain open. I may sometimes be a bit too open but I'm not going to change that one bit."

"Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment."

"The darkest nights often reveal that a single moment of clarity can change a lifetime."

"Dangers by being despised grow great."