The romanticised life where all the great poetry and music and art of the world comes from is great but it requires a lot of self-indulgence.

We must think differently look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts new definitions.

A peace deal requires agreements and you don't make agreements with your friends you make agreements with your enemies.

Peace is a never ending process... It cannot ignore our differences or overlook our common interests. It requires us to work and live together.

I think that peace will require two states a Palestinian state that recognizes the Jewish state.

The basic problem with my love relationships with women is that my standards are so high - and they apply equally to both of us. I seek full-blast mutual intensity fully fledged mutual acceptance full-blown mutual flourishing and fully felt peace and joy with each other. This requires a level of physical attraction personal adoration and moral admiration that is hard to find.

The business of peace requires more than showing up with paint brushes foodstuffs and an oil pipeline or two.

So it's been a slow process and it's taken some patience. That's why patients are called patients I think - patience is required.

Difficult years lie ahead patience is required.

The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare.