As anyone who has ever fallen foul of an airport, a conventional hospital or a bad restaurant knows, misery is made up of little things.

Americans, indeed, often seem to be so overwhelmed by their children that they'll do anything for them except stay married to the co-producer.

Find out what you like doing best, and get someone to pay you for it.

I am all for people having their heart in the right place; but the right place for a heart is not inside the head.

Does anybody who gave up smoking to save a pound a week have a pound at the end of the week? Not on your life.

As anyone who has ever fallen foul of an airport, a conventional hospital or a bad restaurant knows, misery is made up of little things.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat.