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If one tries to think about history, it seems to me - it's like looking at a range of mountains. And the first time you see them, they look one... →
The true currency of life is time, not money, and we've all got a limited stock of that.
Unlike the Holocaust, Stalin's murders are forgotten: dust blowing in the wind.
Don't try to write too much in a single session. One thousand words a day is quite enough. Stop after about four or five hours.
It's easy enough to get into power. You can make promises and try to be all things to all people. But the moment you have to make decisions... →
Storytelling has a narcotic power.
Humans have changed little over time. We think we've invented the modern world but they were making better speeches 2,000 years ago and grappling... →
To tell a good story and to illuminate the world: the two things are completely linked. That is the point. That is what I've always wanted to do.
We say, 'The market plummets,' like it's some roaring creature.
Writers and journalists tend to be simplistic about politics when, like all other areas of life, it's more complicated.
You can't ever win the war on crime, or the war on terror. You can't repeal human nature.
For me, as I suspect for most people, there comes a point where you have enough. If you've got £20 million, why keep going until you've... →
I am sure future historians will say the biggest and most astonishing change in politics has been the embracing of all the tenets of Thatcherism by... →
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