And even in the hatred of the majority, there's a kind of triumph because I know that, although they'd never admit it, they secretly respect me.

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.

And even in the hatred of the majority, there's a kind of triumph because I know that, although they'd never admit it, they secretly respect me.

The schoolteacher is certainly underpaid as a childminder, but ludicrously overpaid as an educator.

I never deliberately set out to shock, but when people don't walk out of my plays I think there is something wrong.

I must say it's pretty dreary living in the American Age - unless you're an American of course. Perhaps all our children will be Americans.