Now and then I become conscious of having the reputation of being one of the great drinkers, if not one of the great drunks, of our time.

Growing older, I have lost the need to be political, which means ... the need to be left. I am driven to grudging toleration of the Conservative Party because it is the party of non-politics, of resistance to politics.

He who truly believes he has a hangover has no hangover.

Sex is a momentary itch, love never lets you go.

Education is one thing and instruction, however worthy, necessary and incidentally or monetarily educative, another.

Cats are only human, they have their faults.

The rewards for being sane may not be very many, but knowing what's funny is one of them.