Madame Bovary is the sexiest book imaginable. The woman's virtually a nyphomaniac but you won't find a vulgar word in the entire thing.

What I adore is supreme professionalism. I’m bored by writers who can write only when it’s raining.

It's no good pacing up and down. It won't make the plane arrive any faster. Just sit down and accept that we're delayed. You're just making a fool of yourself.

For gin, in cruel sober truth, supplies the fuel for flaming youth.

I've sometimes thought of marrying - and then I've thought again.

It's never too early for a cocktail.

I want a horse and plough, Chickens too, Just one cow, With a wistful moo.