I write as well as I can. I'm a journalist at heart, so it's the story that matters.

If long hitting is the thing that causes the spectators to whistle through their teeth in wonderment, why not play tournaments up and down an expansive stadium?

Power brings a man many luxuries, but a clean pair of hands is seldom among them.

If you spend too long trying to avoid death, you will be dead in at least one way.

For me, as I suspect for most people, there comes a point where you have enough. If you've got £20 million, why keep going until you've got £100 million or £1,000 million? Does anyone need another vast yacht or private jet or a house full of gold?

Cicero most reminds me of Harold Wilson. Both men knew how to keep the show on the road.

You can always spot a fool, for he is a man who will tell you he knows who is going to win an election.