The monarchy is finished. It was finished a while ago, but they're still making the corpses dance.

I'm spectacularly disorganised. I wrote my latest book in seven different notebooks scattered throughout my house.

Love is the only thing that keeps me sane.

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.

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

Most social problems could be helped or prevented if people had more money and practical advice.

Yes, I hate it when people call me a 'national treasure'. It takes away your bite and makes you feel like a harmless old golden Labrador.