Marriage is very important. Marrying a girl is the most important thing a man can do. Never mind business or politics or sport or any of that, there's nothing so vital to the world as a man marrying a woman. That's where we get our children from, that's how the human race goes forward. And if it's too late for children, there's the companionship of a safe and trusted person.

Should; shouldn't; ought; oughtn't—the enemies of contentment.

As an arts journalist in London, working mainly for the BBC, I interviewed hundreds if not thousands of authors. From them I gleaned a great deal of passing instruction in writing and I observed one fascinating detail: no two writers approach their work - physically - in the same way.

Stick a lighted candle up your backside to give yourself that inner glow.

There are some places you love with your heart, and there are some places that you love with your mind- the places that you love with both are called 'libraries'

Marriage is the gold standard of all relationships. It's the currency by which everything is valued.

Find your soul and you'll live. Lose your soul and you'll die.