Jesus Christ Only Had Twelve,

Completing A Book, It's A Little Like Having A Baby.

After All, If You Make Your Enemy Look Like A Fool, You Lose The Justification For Engaging Him.

I Think That Most Of My Books Are Part Of Some Process Of Self-education, Often About The Places I Go To. Most Of All, They Are About The Peculiar Tension Between Institutional Loyalty And Loyalty To Oneself; The Mystery Of Patriotism, For A Brit Of My Age And Generation, Where It Runs, How It Should Be Defined, What It's Worth And What A Corrupting Force It Can Be When Misapplied. All That Stuff Is Just In Me And It Comes Out In The Characters. I Don't Mean To Preach, But I Know I Do, And I'm A Very Flawed Person. It's Quite Ridiculous.

In Every Operation There Is An Above The Line And A Below The Line. Above The Line Is What You Do By The Book. Below The Line Is How You Do The Job.

My Definition Of A Decent Society Is One That First Of All Takes Care Of Its Losers, And Protects Its Weak.