Yevgeny Yevtushenko: 'You atheist?' "Kingsley Amis: 'Well, yes, but it's more that I hate him.

The first, indeed the only, requirement of a diet is that it should lose you weight without reducing your alcoholic intake by the smallest degree.

The rewards for being sane may not be very many, but knowing what's funny is one of them.

If you can't annoy somebody, there is little point in writing.

Only a world without love strikes me as instantly and decisively more terrible than one without music.

If you are using an adverb, you have got the verb wrong.

A bad review may spoil your breakfast, but you shouldn't allow it to spoil your lunch.

Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.

It is natural and harmless in English to use a preposition to end a sentence with.

Consciousness was upon him before he could get out of the way.

Women are really much nicer than men: No wonder we like them.

My God can do it! My God will do it! My God wants to do it! My God has done it!

I enjoy books as misers enjoy treasures, because I know I can enjoy them whenever I please.

How we choose to perceive affects how we partake of reality

Books are another kind of magic.

When we spend time with people who live in extreme poverty, and we listen to their stories, it creates dignity and connectedness - something they usually lack.

I am a capitalist and I believe in making a profit.

Management that wants to change an institution must first show that it loves that institution.

Always assume that a lucky hit will not be repeated.

Let the gods into your life and you rapidly lose faith in the natural laws.

You are made for a person and a place. Jesus is the person. Heaven is the place.