The English inn stands permanently planted at the confluence of the roads of history, memory, and romance.

Before you hate something you should try to understand it.

Writing is an antisocial act.

We don't know who we are until we see what we can do.

You can't be blocked if you just keep on writing words. Any words. People who get 'blocked' make the mistake of thinking they have to write good words.

Arnold was a dog's dog. Whenever he shuffled along walks and through alleyways, he always gave the impression of being on to something big.

Silence is a way of saying: we do not have to entertain each other; we are okay as we are.

Children can ask what adults don't dare to because we don't want to admit we're scared and we don't really want to hear the answers.

An idyllic childhood is probably illusion.

Talking's just a nervous habit.

Most people see what they want to, or at least what they expect to.

[representative government is] deciding once in three or six years which member of the ruling class was to misrepresent the people in Parliament,

You create your own reality.

You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things.

In God's economy, nothing is wasted. Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed, painful though it is.

I don't need to be liked.

It's bad form to mention money-laundering. Instead, you talk about asset-management structures and tax beneficial schemes.

Those who say truth is stranger than fiction have wasted their time on poorly written fiction.

Point shoes are torture devices.

You know, if I started worrying about what the critics think, I'd never make another comedy. You couldn't pick a less funny group than critics - you couldn't find a more bitter group of people!

When you have an economically unequal society, you end up with huge swaths of society that are disposable, basically.