"Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children. Life is the other way round."

"Four times, under our educational rules, the human pack is shuffled and cut – at eleven-plus, sixteen-plus, eighteen-…"

"Looking around at the faces of his colleagues in the Senior Common Room he felt reassured: not a Lineament of Gratifi…"

"I'm a bit of a deconstructionist myself. It's kind of exciting – the last intellectual thrill left. Like sawing throu…"

"Language is the net that holds thought trapped within a particular culture. But if one could only strike the ball wit…"

"That's the attraction of the conference circuit: it's a way of converting work into play, combining professionalism w…"

"I respect a man who can recognize a quotation. It's a dying art."

"Wer Dankbarkeit fordert, verdient keine."

""Dass es uns lange gut geht, stösst gegen die Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung. Wir werden gar nicht geboren zum Glück. Da…"

"Der Maler und der Beschauer vollenden zusammen ein Bild. Es ist ein Unterschied zwischen vollenden und fertig machen."