An orotundity, which I define as Nobelitis a pomposity in which one is treated as representative of more than oneself by someone conscious of representing more than himself.

My father was very musical, and music plays quite a large part in my life.

Don't get me wrong. I have nothing against this as a method, but it is not what English writers do.

But forgiveness must not only be given but received also.

Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are what they are?

I suppose I'd have to say that my favourite author is Homer. After Homer's Ilaid, I'd name The Odyssey, and then I'd mention a number of plays of Euripides.

We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything.