The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound more alluring than freedom of speech.

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.

Why, isabel? Why are you doing this to yourself? To your

I have found that the best cure for self pity is to do something to help someone else.

Command is often not what you do but the way you do it.

I couldn't lie to get myself fame and fortune.

I don't know what's meant by Know thyself, which seems to ask a window to look at a window.

Marvin Gaye was one of the coolest. I look to him as a style icon and as an artist.

Its a combination of melody and lyrics, not one without the other. Its a confluence of these different elements that makes something powerful.

All love stories are the same.

I only entertain very close friends.

The most interesting place I've gone on location was New Orleans