Reality is the only obstacle to happiness.

Kingsley Amis was one of a trio of brilliant comic novelists who made English literature sparkle in the twentieth century.

American foreign policy had still not recovered from its victory over communism when George W. Bush and Condoleezza Rice took over at the White House in 2001.

Sending grown-ups up the wall is one of the things adolescence is all about. A few years ago it was done with rock 'n' roll music. Now at least they can do it quietly with a home computer.

A solved problem creates two new problems, and the best prescription for happy living is not to solve any more problems.

Poetry is so vital to us until school spoils it.

The biographer's problem is that he never knows enough. The autobiographer's problem is that he knows too much.