People don't feel Europe and they don't feel Brussels. The idea is to bring some life into a soulless, threatening process.

I would be the first to admit that the idea of writing the history of Europe is loaded.

We literally saw the fire jump from one floor to another, up towards the top. it was like a scene in a movie. All our memories went up in smoke.

Science, it is said, no doubt has ameliorated the material conditions of human life, but is powerless to solve those moral and philosophical questions that interest cultured people so deeply.

We are still here. And no matter what, we shall continue to be here to tell people so they can learn from our history.

I have to be self-conscious of what I'm trying to do with my life.