The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.
Malcolm BradburyReading someone else's newspaper is like sleeping with someone else's wife. Nothing seems to be precisely in the right place, and when you find what you are looking for, it is not clear then how to respond to it.
Malcolm BradburyI've noticed your hostility towards him... I ought to have guessed you were friends.
Malcolm Bradbury