In the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to have developed is that of the person and the state... It's become a fact of life that governments have become very intimate with people, most always to their detriment.

It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.