I've never seen the point of the sea, except where it meets the land. The shore has a point. The sea has none.

I was an only child. I lost both my parents. By the time I was twenty I was bald. I'm homosexual. In the way of circumstances and background to transcend I had everything an artist could possibly want. It was practically a blueprint.

I can walk. It's just that I'm so rich I don't need to.

I think the writer's quite low down in the hierarchy really. But the fact that they took the piss out of Nicholas [Hynter] who, besides being the director, is also director of the National Theatre is, I'd have thought, slightly more risky.

One recipe for happiness is to have to sense of entitlement.' To this she added a star and noted at the bottom of the page: 'This is not a lesson I have ever been in a position to learn.

A book is a device to ignite the imagination.

I've never seen the point of the sea, except where it meets the land. The shore has a point. The sea has none.