I'd love a day devoid of responsibilities. I've often thought about going to a hotel just to have a day away from everything.

Sometimes I rant, in a comical way, about how the gods give with one hand and take with the other.

I've always loved books. I'm passionate about them. I think books are sexy. They are smooth and solid and contain delightful surprises. They smell good. They fit into a handbag and can be carried around and opened at will. They don't change. They are what they are and nothing else. One day I want to own a lot of books and have them nbear to me in my house, so that I can stroll to my bookshelves and choose what I fancy. I want a harem. I shall keep my favourites by my bed.

Love is the only thing that keeps me sane.

I asked Mr. Vann which O levels you need to write situation comedy for television. Mr. Vann said that you don't need qualifications at all, you just need to be a moron.

Adrian Mole's father was so angry that so many pepole got divorced nowadays. HE had been unhappilly married for 30 years, why should everybody else get away?

I never imagined when I began writing in the early 1960s I'd become professional and my life would be transformed.