I must be the luckiest man in the world. Not only am I bisexual, I am also Welsh.

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

Laughter's the nearest we ever get, or should get, to sainthood. It's the state of grace that saves most of us from contempt.

You see I learnt at an early age what it was to be angry - angry and helpless. And I can never forget it. I knew more about - love... betrayal... and death, when I was ten years old than you will probably ever know in your life.

It is not true that drink changes a man's character. It may reveal it more clearly.

That voice that cries out doesn't have to be a weakling's does it?

Asking a writer what he thinks about criticism is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs.