I abhor nothing more than bumping into someone I know on the Tube.

I couldn't really see the point of having lunch unless it started at 1:00 and ended a week later in Monte Carlo.

If you want to write something of length, however modern and radical, you must live the life of an elderly gentleman of the 1950s.

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

The real change that paintings undergo is in the perceptions of the viewer.

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.

The history of the relationship between comedy and swimming is short indeed. Of course it is always funny when someone falls into water, but that's about it.