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

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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...

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...

They spend their time looking forward to the past.

They spend their time looking forward to the past.

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 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...

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 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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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

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

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...

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like...

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like...

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the...

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the...

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expenses

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expenses

If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's...

If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's...