Always be nice to everyone in the firm on the way up. You never know who you may meet on the way down.

I'm not wild about holidays. They always seem a ludicrously expensive way of proving there's no place like home.

The letter of application ... should be a masterpiece of fiction, papering over all the cracks. Get it properly typed on decent writing paper. Never let it run over the page, people get bored with reading.

Although it is the biggest time-waster in office life, you must never underrate the importance of the memo. You will be judged by the volume of your paper work.

I love the long grass coming up to meet the willows.

Leo, sadly, has Parkinsons, but he used to cook all sorts of dazzling things.

Without doubt, keep a diary. From the day you're born, keep a diary, because we all forget things so quickly.