I am not protesting against the conduct of the war, but against the political errors and insincerities for which the fighting men are being sacrificed.

Man, it seemed, had been created to jab the life out of Germans.

I believe that the purpose for which I and my fellow soldiers entered upon this war should have been so clearly stated as to have made it impossible to change them, and that, had this been done, the objects which actuated us would now be attainable by negotiation.

I am making this statement as an act of wilful defiance of military authority, because I believe that the War is being deliberately prolonged by those who have the power to end it.

Death is really a great blessing for humanity, without it there could be no real progress. People who lived for ever would not only hamper and discourage the young, but they would themselves lack sufficient stimulus to be creative.

It's always, you know, a pleasant exercise to imagine my own death because then I'm so happy when I can stop.

Cable's on fire. Traditional broadcast TV's hearing a death knell. I sample as much television as possible. I like 'Homeland,' 'Game of Thrones,' 'Veep.' Now reinvention's important.

Doing what you do well is death. Your duty is to keep trying to do things that you don't do well, in the hope of learning.