A company attitude is rarely anybody's best.

Caution is the instinct of the weaker animal.

Irresponsibility is a sin with a high price tag.

To cut and tighten sentences is the secret of mastery.

Simple things bring infinite pleasure. Yet, it takes us a while to realize that. But once simple is in, complex it out - forever.

What galled him most was the presumption of these writer types, as if there weren’t actual people in the world, with jobs to do, appointments to keep, wives to appease, but only so much material.

If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting.

No dog is as well bred or as well mannered or as distinguished and handsome.

The worst pain in our lives comes from the mistakes we refuse to acknowledge--the things we've done that are so our of harmony with who we are that we can't bear to look at them.

I believe that I am guided by chance encounters. I believe in the miracle of chance encounters.

My father Philip was an actor and appeared in everything from 'The Onedin Line' to 'Hedda Gabler' with Dame Diana Rigg.

The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self activity.