I knew I couldn't believe in God, because I was fundamentally Hellenic in my outlook.

Like vichyssoise, revenge is a dish best served cold.

People who can change and change again are so much more reliable and happier than those who can’t

The only people who are obsessed with food are anorexics and the morbidly obese. That, in erotic terms, is the Catholic church, in a nutshell.

You can't just say there is a God because well, the world is beautiful. You have to account for bone cancer in children. You have to account for the fact that almost all animals in the wild live under stress with not enough to eat and will die violent and bloody deaths. There is not any way that you can just choose the nice bits and say that means there is a God and ignore the true fact of what nature is.

Enthusiats are used to being mocked, maligned and misunderstood. We don't really mind.

A cut glass English accent can fool unsuspecting Americans into detecting a brilliance that isn't there