Cicero smiled at us. 'The art of life is to deal with problems as they arise, rather than destory one's spirit by worrying about them too far in advance. Especially tonight.

If you go back, 'The Great Gatsby' would be a portrait of the rich and fortune made by business.

My literary career was a fluke. Utterly unexpected.

In a way I'm almost more rueful about the notion of having a non-ideological Labour party than I am about the personality of Tony Blair.

What a heap of ash most political careers amount to, when one really stops to consider them!

The natural impulse of men is to follow and whoever has the strongest sense of purpose will always dominate.

Golf requires only a few simple Rules and Regulations to guide the players in the true nature of its sporting appeal. The spirit of the game is its own referee.