Any closer would unravel her mystery, the very thing which made her so truly beautiful...It was her mystery that he adored. He was in love with everything that he did not know about her... No real sexual encounter could ever match the secret one that he could nurture in his imagination... No living flesh could ever be the erotic equal of flesh kept private, untouchable and unknowable

You think I look like a teletubby?

The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty does not change its real value.

The Germans are a cruel race. Their operas last for six hours and they have no word for fluffy.

I find the fact that billionaires are quoted as if the fact that they are billionaires gives them some kind of wisdom is outrageous.

I think trying to be cool is the worst possible ambition - and I have never suffered from it.

You didn't wake up, your dreams just changed gear.