Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building.

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The whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really...

The whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

Here we are, we're alone in the universe, there's no God, it just seems that...

Here we are, we're alone in the universe, there's no God, it just seems that...

It is not true that drink changes a man's character. It may reveal it more...

It is not true that drink changes a man's character. It may reveal it more...

In London, love and scandal are considered the best sweeteners of tea.

In London, love and scandal are considered the best sweeteners of tea.

There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success.

There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success.

I never deliberately set out to shock, but when people don't walk out of my...

I never deliberately set out to shock, but when people don't walk out of my...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

It is easy to answer the ultimate questions - it saves you bothering with the...

It is easy to answer the ultimate questions - it saves you bothering with the...

Why do I do this every Sunday? Even the book reviews seem to be the...

Why do I do this every Sunday? Even the book reviews seem to be the...

Heroes, whatever high ideas we may have of them, are mortal and not divine. We...

Heroes, whatever high ideas we may have of them, are mortal and not divine. We...

It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man's desire. Indeed it...

It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man's desire. Indeed it...

Go on - but don't think you can kill my confidence. I've had experts doing...

Go on - but don't think you can kill my confidence. I've had experts doing...

Heaven be thanked, we live in such an age when no man dies for love...

Heaven be thanked, we live in such an age when no man dies for love...

Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.

Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.

They spend their time looking forward to the past.

They spend their time looking forward to the past.

Laughter's the nearest we ever get, or should get, to sainthood. It's the state of...

Laughter's the nearest we ever get, or should get, to sainthood. It's the state of...

One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.

One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.

Uncontrollable laughter arose among the blessed gods.

Uncontrollable laughter arose among the blessed gods.

If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the...

If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the...