She believed, of course ... because without something to believe in, life would be intolerable.

They will come, not to paint the bay and the sea and the boots and the moors, but the warmth of the sun and the colour of the wind. A whole new concept. Such stimulation. Such vitality.

There's a war on. We don't know how anything's going to end. We just have to grasp each fleeting moment of joy as it whizzes by.

Other people's houses were always fascinating. As soon as you went through the door for the first time, you got the feel of the atmosphere, and so discovered something about the personalities of the people who lived there.

I'm getting too elderly to travel the length of the country for a free hangover.

And the wicked thing is, that when we're really upset, we always take it out on the people who are closest and whom we love the most.

Life is so extraordinary. Wonderful surprises are just around the most unexpected corners.