None of you [men] ask for anything - except everything, but just for so long as you need it.

I wonder why do wars suddenly start and suddenly stop, and why do we Brits and you Americans get involved in some of them and not in others? Is it possible that the arms manufacturers quietly foment wars without us knowing? Dropping bombs is a very profitable business for them. Gore Vidal was talking about this the other day, and he made a lot of sense. Whenever American policy seems inscrutable, he said, remember the military-industrial complex. He's the one who should have been President.

I am interested only in stretching myself, on living as fully as I can.

The critics slap labels on you and then expect you to talk inside their terms.

I've won all the prizes in Europe, every bloody one. I'm delighted to win them all, the whole lot.

Little Tamar, forget the long ago. We are here and we are now, and that is all. We are making a new start.

Better Counsel comes overnight.