"I don't think that you can be an artist if you are simply trying to gauge what the acceptable point of view is. Or, i…"

"What the activists did to comedy insofar is they were expecting audiences to sit there, hear the joke, assess whether…"

"If you're looking for a Disneyfied world of goodies and baddies, Shakespeare isn't for you. But this is precicely the…"

"When the fashionable beliefs of our time are imposed onto historical works of art, they are invariably denuded of muc…"

"All my novels are about moral questions ... Most of us want to believe in something: politics, religion, saving the w…"

"The street outside was a university bywater, once a good residential area, which had lately been reduced to the level…"

"She came out near the and turned hastily back towards the . The docks were no place for a woman to be wandering about…"

"was the great day of the week. To begin with, there was , early Mass with Holy Communion, or a late Mass where you we…"

"...letting go of someone that you love and shared your life with is not an easy road to travel. Everyday feels like t…"

"No amount of alcohol, late nights out and different girls can make the feeling of emptiness."