My body has certainly wandered a good deal, but I have an uneasy suspicion that my mind has not wandered enough.

Wit is like caviar - it should be served in small portions and not spread about like marmalade.

You always ought to have tom cats arranged, you know - it makes 'em more companionable.

Fifty-four years of love and tenderness and crossness and devotion and unswerving loyalty. Without her I could have achieved a quarter of what I have achieved, not only in terms of success and career, but in terms of personal happiness.

Conceit is an outward manifestation of inferiority.

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

I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.