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

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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...

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...

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...

They spend their time looking forward to the past.

They spend their time looking forward to the past.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not...

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not...

Everyone excels in something in which another fails.

Everyone excels in something in which another fails.

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...