We cannot get grace from gadgets.

We plan, we toil, we suffer - in the hope of what? A camel-load of idol's eyes? The title deeds of Radio City? The empire of Asia? A trip to the moon? No, no, no, no. Simply to wake just in time to smell coffee and bacon and eggs.

A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours.

A synopsis is a cold thing. You do it with the front of your mind. If you're going to stay with it, you never get quite the same magic as when you're going all out.

There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent.

Depending upon shock tactics is easy, whereas writing a good play is difficult. Pubic hair is no substitute for wit.

We must beware the revenge of the starved senses, the embittered animal in its prison.