All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting.

The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to succeed, saying: There is life, but it's not for you.

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 people look forbidding, solemn, marked by that impossible ideal, Communism, which, like Christianity, seemed to demand too much of humanity and, falling into the wrong hands, led too easily to horrible brutality.

It is desperately important to remember when enough is enough, when you've finished the scene.

Dying is a matter of slapstick and pratfalls. The ageing process is not gradual or gentle. It rushes up, pushes you over and runs off laughing. No one should grow old who isn't ready to appear ridiculous.

There is always time for failure