I Have A Theory That The Secret

I Was So Flattered That Someone Wanted Me To Write A Book, I Said I Would. It Was Published In 1969.

But Really I'm Not Terribly Interested In What I Eat.

It's A Good Idea To Wait A Few Months Before Joining Anything When You Arrive At A Village. A Bookseller Friend Who Retired To Nearby Oxfordshire, And Was Worried He Might Be Bored, Got Himself On To Every Village Committee In The First Six Months, And Spent The Next Ten Years Extricating Himself.

People Who Can Write A Book Usually Do.

The Memo's Chief Function ... Is As A Track-coverer, So That You Can Turn On Someone Six Months Later And Snarl: 'well, You Should Have Known About It, I Sent You A Memo.