I drift along, thinking about the past a great deal. The past is so reliable, so delightful, and the best place to live. I end up there quite often, you know; it's very comfortable and dependable.

Everyone had a Japanese maple, although after Pearl Harbor most of these were patriotically poisoned, ringbarked and extirpated.

My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. She's now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia

I've decided the secret of parenting is benevolent neglect.I put my family last. Because if you don't, if you put them first, they never thank you. You'll never get a word of thanks from them.

Sex is the most beautiful thing that can take place between a happily married man and his secretary.

I like people who are slightly unhygienic. A little grubbiness isn't so bad. BO chic it should be called.

New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.