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.

I don't give a damn what other people think. It's entirely their own business. I'm not writing for other people.

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.

Don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?

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

Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as ever. I view these guises with profound contempt.

I ought not to speak about the dead because the dead are all over the place.