My heroines are always virgins. They never go to bed without a ring on their fingers; not until page 118 at least.

When you get past fifty, you have to decide whether to keep your face or your figure. I kept my face.

My heroines are always virgins. They never go to bed without a ring on their fingers; not until page 118 at least.

France is the only place where you can make love in the afternoon without people hammering on your door.

A woman should say: 'Have I made him happy? Is he satisfied? Does he love me more than he loved me before? Is he likely to go to bed with another woman?' If he does, then it's the wife's fault because she is not trying to make him happy.

I have always found women difficult. I don't really understand them. To begin with, few women tell the truth.

A man will teach his wife what is needed to arouse his desires. And there is no reason for a woman to know any more than what her husband is prepared to teach her. If she gets married knowing far too much about what she wants and doesn't want then she will be ready to find fault with her husband.