There Is Always Time For Failure

Like Childhood, Old Age Is Irresponsible, Reckless, And Foolhardy. Children And Old People Have Everything To Gain And Nothing Much To Lose. It's Middle-age Which Is Cursed By The Desperate Need To Cling To Some Finger-hold Halfway Up The Mountain, To Conform, Not To Cause Trouble, To Behave Well.

The Law Seems Like A Sort Of Maze Through Which A Client Must Be Led To Safety, A Collection Of Reefs, Rocks, And Underwater Hazards Through Which He Or She Must Be Piloted.

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.

Farce Is Tragedy Played At A Thousand Revolutions Per Minute.