The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.
Whenever I have had to write fiction, I've always had to invent a character who roughly has my background.
What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.
Everybody is interesting for an hour, but few people can last more than two.
Life is a helluva thing. You can see trouble coming and you can't do a damn thing to prevent it coming. You just got to sit and watch and wait.
The ancillary aspect of every British city now is the council estate.