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

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.

in a village you can't sack or fight with someone, as you'll find yourself stuck beside them in the hairdresser's next morning.

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

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

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