It takes character to withstand the rigours of indolence. - Tom Stoppard

I began my talk by saying that I had not written my plays for purposes of discussion. At once, I felt a ripple of panic run through the hall. I suddenly realised why. To everyone present, discussion was the whole point of drama. That was why the faculty had been endowed — that was why all those buildings had been put up! I had undermined the entire reason for their existence.

My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon.