I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward.

There is always time for failure

To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of the Daily telegraph.

The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yoghurt.

No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails.

All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting.

Never believe a rumour until you hear it officially denied.

We don't know much about the human conscience, except that it is soluble in alcohol.

The secret of good health and happiness is to have rather small illnesses throughout your life which you can rely on to stop you doing anything you don't want to do.

Hell must be a place where you are only allowed to read what you agree with.

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print.

A dream is a wish your heart makes, when you're fast asleep.

Lies were something you told other people to make things easier, somehow - hopefully, for them, but often more selfishly for yourself.

Marion: What is all this? What's going on?Clint: The same thing that's always going on. The end of the world.

The sense of motion in painting and sculpture has long been considered as one of the primary elements of the composition.

Conservatism... offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

convictions ... are always getting in the way of opportunities.

In order to have the stuff of a tyrant, a certain mental derangement is necessary.

I have an older brother who is 21 and attends UC Berkley.

There are three points of view to everything - mine, yours, and the truth.

Love is random; fear is inevitable.