I put £150,000 into the stage production of Grease and have got back £1.5 million so far. It has been a fantastic success.

The discipline required for athletics carried through to writing. You call it obsession. I call it discipline. By the way, I see nothing wrong with that.

Time spent on preparation is seldom wasted.

The worst moment of any campaign is waiting for the sun to rise on the morning of the battle

The popularity of an individual in life often only manifests itself in death.

When a book comes out I wonder if one person will buy it. It's agony. Of course it's stupid, but it's agony.

At the end of my trial, I was rather hoping the judge would send me to Australia for the rest of my life.