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

I was so flattered that someone wanted me to write a book, I said I would. It was published in 1969.

hurting other people is not excusable because you've been hurt yourself.

The only thing a whirlwind courtship does is blow dust in everyone's eyes.

The male - I have found - is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things.

Meetings ... are rather like cocktail parties. You don't want to go, but you're cross not to be asked.

Bachelors begin at thirty-six. Up till this age they are regarded as single men.