ON GENERAL DE GAULLE
“He will soon be claiming that the Resistance has liberated the world.”
ON POLITICS
“Mediocrity doesn’t appeal to me.”
ON PATRIOTISM
“[I think] what every Englishman thinks about patriotism, the last refuge of a scoundrel.”
ON CHURCHILL
“Winston is a dandy and a visionary.”
ON BAUDELAIRE
“Baudelaire … means more to me now than ever before.”