Success Is Good For The Character.

The Point At Which Beliefs Meet May Be More Significant, More Useful To Contemplate, Than Their Sources.

The Worst Fault Of The Working Classes Is Telling Their Children They're Not Going To Succeed, Saying: There Is Life, But It's Not For You.

Loyalty To The School To Which Your Parents Pay To Send You Seemed To Me Like Feeling Loyalty To Selfridges.

Check-ups Are, In My Experience, A Grave Mistake; All They Do Is Allow The Quack Of Your Choice To Tell You That You Have Some Sort Of Complaint That You Were Far Happier Not Knowing About.

What Obsesses A Writer Starting Out On A Lifetime's Work Is The Panic-stricken Search For A Voice Of His Own.