People should have literary and cultural taste and should not bomb hotels.

Amidst one's daily clutter, one doesn't usually reflect on the splendour of being free because - naturally - one has to get on with the business of living.

It's a huge headache - the more money you have, the more hassles. I find money very uncomfortable.

Governance is complex, difficult, and on the whole, thankless - why ever should the Bright Young Things leave the management of their hotels, newspapers, banks, TV channels and corporations to join, like fleas on a behemoth, the government? Wherein lies the difference between the two worlds?

We are men without ambition, and all we want is to be left alone, in peace so that we can try and be happy. So few people will understand this simplicity.

People should have literary and cultural taste and should not bomb hotels.

So much better to write pen on paper; you can do it anywhere, say, while stuck at the airport.