Loneliness becomes a lover, solitude a darling sin.

A dry martini,' he said. 'One. In a deep champagne goblet.' ... Just a moment. Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it's ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon-peel. Got it?

Never say 'no' to adventures.

And then one day when you're playing your little game you'll suddenly find yourself pinned down like a butterfly.

She explained to me later that she must have been possessed by a subconscious desire to be raped. Well she found me in the mountains and she was raped - by me.

Unfortunately most ways of making big money take a long time. By the time one has made the money one is too old to enjoy it.

I have always smoked and drunk and loved too much. In fact I have lived not too long but too much. One day the Iron Crab will get me. Then I shall have died of living too much.