I have a theory that the secret of marital happiness is simple: drink in different pubs to your other half.

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.

There is something infinitely dingy about the word workshop. Pray that England doesn't become a nation of workshopkeepers.

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

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

The memo's chief function ... is as a track-coverer, so that you can turn on someone six months later and snarl: 'Well, you should have known about it, I sent you a memo.

If you feel compelled to give a New Year's Eve party, don't invite people to arrive too early or they'll go off the boil before midnight.