Don Quixote's 'Delusions' is an excellent read - far better than my own forthcoming travel book, 'Walking Backwards Across Tuscany.'

My sister-in-law believes that few narratives are so tightly constructed that you can't skip boring bits and still keep abreast of what's going on.

Acting in a stage play is like working the evening shift in an office.

I see my large nose, like half an avocado. I broke it falling downstairs when I was six, and it now resembles a large blob of play-dough.

It is more interesting to be compared to someone famous, because it lets you gauge what perceptions people have about your appearance.

If you want to be happy for a short time, get drunk happy for a long time, fall in love; happy forever, take up gardening.

The moon puts on an elegant show, different every time in shape, colour and nuance.