If anything terrifies me, I must try to conquer it.

Any damn fool can navigate the world sober. It takes a really good sailor to do it drunk.

To the question, "When were your spirits at the lowest ebb?" the obvious answer seemed to be, "When the gin gave out."

I looked to the ceiling and told God, “God, next time I want an adventure, strike me with lightning. You have my permission.

I said, names aren't important, " he repeated. There was a silence between them for some seconds, then the Ranger said: "Do you know what is important?"Will shook his head."Supper is important!

The dead are the past and we cannot escape the past. Without the past there will be no future.

I - and I still consider myself, I'm sorry to tell you, a Marxist and a Communist, but I couldn't help noticing how all the best Marxist analyses are always analyses of a failure.

A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services.

So long as we are receivers of mercy, we must be givers of thanks.

The peculiar characteristic of classical music is that it is really better than it sounds.

If you don’t try at anything, you can’t fail.

Of the first seven novels I wrote, numbers four and five were published. Numbers one, two, three, six, and seven, have never seen the light of day... and rightly so.

Someone had told me about a house in Wandsworth, southwest London - 21 Blenkarne Road - with an incredible garden, so I went and had a look. I walked in and just said, 'I want it.'