I Know Paradise Has Many

Have I Ever Written Anything That Has Really Changed Something? What I Believe Is That You Can't Change Anything Without Using Art. I Believe That The Drops Wear Away The Stone. I Try To Be Part Of That Army.

Although I Never Marched Through The Streets Shouting For Mao, I Do Believe That The Liberation Of China At The End Of The 1940s Was A Wonderful Thing And To Provide Its People With A Billion Pairs Of Shoes And Trousers Was A Fantastic Achievement.

People Always Leave Traces. No Person Is Without A Shadow.

When One Historical Period Is Replaced By Another, There Is Always A Group Of People Left Over From The Old Society

Although Many Of His Other Novels Are Brilliant There Is A Power In 'oliver Twist' That I Believe Dickens Never Managed To Retrieve. It Is As If He Was Sent To This Earth With The Sole Purpose Of Writing This Book.