Tom Paulin Quotes

I don’t think the British carry a historical consciousness either.

I always feel freelance writers are leading a heroic life. I think that is the real writer’s life. On the other hand, it’s good to have another job. It gives you something to do.

Ulysses is the greatest anti-racist text in the English language, and it challenges right from the beginning the vicious racism which lies near the foundations of the Irish Free State and of the Irish republic.

A truly vibrant and creative culture depends on a system of education which is not divided along class and sectarian lines.

Everyone who supports Israel is a Zionist.

I wish I could write lyrical poems, but I just write the way they come.

I think ideas should be flying about and banging into each other. It is a kind of energy. If you occupy static positions, then things sort of ossify.

Hitler bombed London into submission but in fact it created a sense of national solidarity.

All I do is read books, really. I worry about that sometimes. I don’t seem to have a hobby or anything.

Didn’t I seize the fire of ideas and make them leap, tear, fly, sing

I think protest and actions have to be organised against the Israelis and their backers. There needs to be a concerted high profile campaign to raise awareness of the people in this country.

You are either a Zionist or an anti-Zionist.