... it is a fact universally acknowledged that a husband is the most ridiculous thing on earth, except for a bachelor.

Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.

You can make a sordid thing sound like a brilliant drawing-room comedy. Probably a fear we have of facing up to the real issues. Could you say we were guilty of Noel Cowardice?

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning.

The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

A hundred years ago Hester Prynne of The Scarlet Letter was given an A for adultery; today she would rate no better than a C-plus.

The world is stuck because of the word ‘no’.

You would be very surprise with how much positive changes that you could make in your life, if could make it your top priority to mind your own business.

Every year, when you're a child, you become a different person.

While the 1980 book was being serialized in the Sunday Times, Charles attacked it through the Observer.

A great philosophy is not a philosophy without reproach; it is philosophy without fear.

Unlike money, hope is all: for the rich as well as for the poor.

Home life is best for me. But I do enjoy the company of good friends whether from long ago or newer friends who only know me as George, not the ex-Beatle.

Millions of people are going to come to Jesus.

Jesus rejected hatred because he saw that hatred meant death to the mind, death to the spirit, and death to communion with his Father. He affirmed life; and hatred was the great denial.

I always enjoyed sport. I was a bit of a wild child, to be honest, and just loved running around.