"Politics these days is a disgusting game of mud-slinging, filled with selfish people with selfish aims. I'm very glad I've retired away from the hustle and bustle of Whitehall."

“A culture disconnected from wild nature becomes insane.”

“Talk about cheap - on Christmas Eve, my neighbour shoots off three blanks and tells his kids Santa Claus just committed suicide.”

“I'm just constantly trying to be a good dad.”

“New ideas require new structures.”

“Poetry is an art spoken, as if sung, in relation to other human beings.”

Source : ""David Biespiel's poetry wire: a scream of consciousness". therumpus.net. February 17, 2015.

“A religion is a system of symbols which acts to establish powerful, pervasive, and long-lasting moods in men by formulating conceptions of a general order of existence and clothing those conceptions with such an aura of factuality that the moods and motivations seem uniquely realistic.”

Source : Clifford Geertz (2017). “The Interpretation of Cultures”, p.98, Hachette UK

“I was raised as a tomboy with boys, and I never really feel like myself when I am really dolled up at premieres and showbiz events.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“I was moved no end by the work of LaVern Baker.”