Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.

I was never an Angry Young Man. I am angry only when I hit my thumb with a hammer.

A blonde girl wearing a man's shirt but in all other visible respects unmanly to the point of outright effeminacy.

A bad review may spoil your breakfast, but you shouldn't allow it to spoil your lunch.

Yevgeny Yevtushenko: 'You atheist?' "Kingsley Amis: 'Well, yes, but it's more that I hate him.

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

Feeling a tremendous rakehell, and not liking myself much for it, and feeling rather a good chap for not liking myself much for it, and not liking myself at all for feeling rather a good chap.