It was the kind of library he had only read about in books.

We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules.

I lack what the English call character, by which they mean the power to refrain.

I've never forgotten that experience. But I had nobody at school that was either like Hector or Irwin. The masters had no idea what was expected of you in the scholarship exam, so you just had to busk it really.

God doesn't do notes, either. Did Jesus Christ say, "Can I be excused the Crucifixion?" No!

I dont know whether you've ever looked into a miner's eyes for any length of time, that is. Because it is the loveliest blue you've ever seen. I think perhaps that's why I live in Ibiza, because the blue of the Mediterranean, you see, reminds me of the blue of the eyes of those Doncaster miners.

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