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

Quote by Tom Stoppard

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My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had...

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had...

Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the...

Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the...

Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?

Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end?

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had...

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had...

Junk journalism is the evidence of a society that has got at least one thing...

Junk journalism is the evidence of a society that has got at least one thing...

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

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

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

We're actors. We're the opposite of people.

We're actors. We're the opposite of people.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not...

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not...

Life in a box is better than no life at all... I expect.

Life in a box is better than no life at all... I expect.

I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic...

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic...

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art...

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art...

You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and...

You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and...

Knowledge is gained by learning; trust by doubt; skill by practice; and love by love.

Knowledge is gained by learning; trust by doubt; skill by practice; and love by love.