I was interested by the idea that artists working in a totalitarian dictatorship or tsarist autocracy are secretly and slightly shamefully envied by artists who work in freedom. They have the gratification of intense interest: the authorities want to put them in jail while there are younger readers for whom what they write is pure oxygen.
My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful but when I had to...
From principles is derived probability but truth or certainty is obtained...
The House of Lords an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe...
Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers but with the...
I like pop music. I consider rock 'n' roll to be a branch of pop music.
I think that the present is worth attention one shouldn't sacrifice it to...
I was delighted to not go to university. I couldn't wait to be out of...
Men must stop being jealous of their power and generously allow freedom and...
What is our freedom fight about? Is it about the liberation of children or...
If I am outspoken of the dangers of intemperance to members of our armed...
We must guard against the overreaching hand of big government trying to take...
Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for...
Without economic development any potential for political openness and...
The very first things that I did even in theater were bad guys. They are...
To me music has to be about freedom. It's the most important thing in my life.
People ask me if I ever thought of writing a children's book. I say 'If I...