I don't mean to say that I'm about to state my credo here on this page, but merely to affirm, sincerely for the first time in my life, my belief in man as an individual and independent entity. Certainly not independence in the everyday sense of the word, but pertaining to a freedom and mobility of thought that few people are able - or even have the courage - to achieve.

Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century (ed. Penguin UK, 2011) - ISBN: 9780241958735