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.
John MortimerI'd been told of all the things you're meant to feel when your father dies. Sudden freedom, growing up, the end of dependence, the step into the sunlight when no one is taller than you and you're in no one's shadow. I know what I felt. Lonely.
John MortimerI knew nothing about farce until I read Puce a l'Oreille, and had no idea what a deadly serious business it is.
John MortimerNo brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails.
John Mortimer