We don't know much about the human conscience, except that it is soluble in alcohol.

Hell must be a place where you are only allowed to read what you agree with.

I had inherited what my father called the art of the advocate, or the irritating habit of looking for the flaw in any argument.

The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yoghurt.

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print.

There's more of yourself in a book than a play. that's why we know all about Dickens and not much about Shakespeare. Ben Jonson murdered people; Marlowe was a spy; Shakespeare just sat in the corner and took notes.

On the three pigs he and his wife own: "We acquired the pigs last year. My wife was born on a pig farm and has always been very fond of pigs. Of course, they are for eating, which is why they are named Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. You wouldn’t want to eat Rufus, Marcus and Esmeralda.