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.

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

Rumpole, you must move with the times." "If I don't like the way the times are moving, I shall refuse to accompany them.

No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails.

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.

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

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.