The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning.
The gain to the winner is always less than the loss to the loser.
If I wait for the genius to come, it just doesn't arrive.
I'm not in the Shakespeare stakes. I have no ambition.
Englishmen are so odd. They are like a nest of Chinese boxes. It takes a very long time to get to the centre of them. When one gets there the result is unrewarding, but the process is instructive and entertaining.
I always make it a rule never to look back. Otherwise, I'd ask myself how I could write such piffle and live with myself, day after day.