I put my soul into every book I write.

There's nothing so aphrodisiacal for a woman as money and success.

My family wasn't terribly affluent and looked upon money very carefully as something that had to be saved, not spent. My father built the ducting that took air into the copper mines and made about 6 d a yard in the Thirties, which was good money back then.

A man follows the path laid out for him. He does his duty to God and his King. He does what he must do, not what pleases him. God's truth, boy, what kind of world would this be if every man did what pleased him alone? Who would plough the fields and reap the harvest, if every man had the right to say, 'I don't want to do that.' In this world there is a place for every man, but every man must know his place.

beware of your most implacable enemy-yourself.

I have never had too much trouble for creative ideas to spring up in my mind.

It's a strange paradox that a man gifted with too many talents can fritter them all away without developing a single one to its full.