Having to read a footnote resembles having to go downstairs to answer the door while in the midst of making love.

The only way to enjoy life is to work. Work is much more fun than fun.

My importance to the world is relatively small. On the other hand, my importance to myself is tremendous. I am all I have to work with, to play with, to suffer and to enjoy. It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but of my own. I do not intend to let myself down more than I can possibly help, and I find that the fewer illusions I have about myself or the world around me, the better company I am for myself.

Television is for appearing on, not looking at.

Certain women should be struck regularly, like gongs.

Just say the lines and don’t trip over the furniture.

Very flat, Norfolk.

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

Poor little rich girl.

The Stately Homes of England,