Enlightened Legislation Or Enlightened Social Activity Of

I Don't Think Any Particular Painters Have Inspired Me, Except In A General Sense. It Was More A Matter Of Corroboration. The Visual Arts, From Manet Onwards, Seemed Far More Open To Change And Experiment Than The Novel, Though That's Only Partly The Fault Of The Writers. There's Something About The Novel That Resists Innovation.

Selfish Men Make The Best Lovers. They're Prepared To Invest In The Women's Pleasures So That They Can Collect An Even Bigger Dividend For Themselves.

Put A Higher Value On Yourself. Being Hyper-realistic About Everything Is Too Simple A Get-out.

One Of The Things I Took From My Wartime Experiences Was That Reality Was A Stage Set... The Comfortable Day-to-day Life, School, The Home Where One Lives And All The Rest Of It... Could Be Dismantled Overnight.

Everywhere You Look - Britain, The States, Western Europe - People Are Sealing Themselves Into Crime-free Enclaves. That's A Mistake - A Certain Level Of Crime Is Part Of The Necessary Roughage Of Life. Total Security Is A Disease Of Deprivation.