Heroes, whatever high ideas we may have of them, are mortal and not divine. We are all as God made us and many of us much worse.

It is easy to answer the ultimate questions - it saves you bothering with the immediate ones.

The British public has always had an unerring taste for ungifted amateurs.

Don't be afraid of being emotional. You won't die of it.

There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success.

In London, love and scandal are considered the best sweeteners of tea.

Here we are, we're alone in the universe, there's no God, it just seems that it all began by something as simple as sunlight striking on a piece of rock. And here we are. We've only got ourselves. Somehow, we've just got to make a go of it. We've only ourselves.