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

Go to lots of interviews, at least one a month even when you don't need a job, to keep in training for when you do.

The aristocrat, when he wants to, has very good manners. The Scottish upper classes, in particular, have that shell-shocked look that probably comes from banging their heads on low beams leaping to their feet whenever a woman comes into the room. Aristocrats are also deeply male chauvinist, and ... on the whole they tend to be reactionary.

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

I can assure you that the class system is alive and well and living in people's minds in England.

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.