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

To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of the Daily telegraph.

Marriage is like pleading guilty to an indefinite sentence. Without parole.

I suppose true sexual equality will come when a general called Anthea is found having an unwise lunch with a young, unreliable model from Spain.

The greatest horrors of our world are committed by people who are totally sincere.

The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to bore yourself.

My father, to whom I owe so much, never told me the difference between right and wrong; now I think that's why I remain so greatly in his debt.