The Companion of Honour I regarded as an award from the country for 50 years of work - which I thought was okay.

I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.

There are some things one remembers even though they may never have happened.

I don't intend to simply go away and write my plays and be a good boy. I intend to remain an independent and political intelligence in my own right.

There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false.

This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.

I also found being called Sir rather silly.