Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air nelson stylites in Trafalgar square reminds the British what once they were.

It is not peace we seek but meaning.

It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel. If you were really sensible, you'd do something else.

Life is more complicated than we think, yet far simpler than anyone dares to imagine

I am just a refugee from the long slow toothache of English life. It is terrible to love life so much you can hardly breathe!

The memory of man is as old as misfortune

Poverty is a great cutter-off and riches a great shutter-off.