The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

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Nothing is accidental in the universe - this is one of my Laws of Physics...

Nothing is accidental in the universe - this is one of my Laws of Physics...

If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no...

If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no...

When people say there is too much violence in my books, what they are saying...

When people say there is too much violence in my books, what they are saying...

Study until twenty five, investigate until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would...

Study until twenty five, investigate until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would...

In love there are two things; bodies and words

In love there are two things; bodies and words

In love there are two things - bodies and words.

In love there are two things - bodies and words.

We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language.

We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language.

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority,...

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority,...

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

Boxing is about being hit rather more than it is about hitting, just as it...

Boxing is about being hit rather more than it is about hitting, just as it...

If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?

If food is poetry, is not poetry also food?

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority,...

Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority,...

The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.

The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

When poets write about food it is usually celebratory. Food as the thing-in-itself, but also...

When poets write about food it is usually celebratory. Food as the thing-in-itself, but also...

Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.

Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.

The television screen, so unlike the movie screen, sharply reduced human beings, revealed them as...

The television screen, so unlike the movie screen, sharply reduced human beings, revealed them as...

Television is a corporate vulgarity.

Television is a corporate vulgarity.

It's hard to decide if TV makes morons out of everyone, or if it mirrors...

It's hard to decide if TV makes morons out of everyone, or if it mirrors...

Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just...

Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just...