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February 5 - February 15, 2023
The modern writer has to be able to perform, often to a huge audience. It’s almost like being a stand-up comedian except that the questions never change and you always end up telling the same jokes.
when high-ranking politicians or clergymen have publicly spoken out against homosexuality, they’ve often turned out to be deep inside their own closets.
He talked while he ate but somehow the food didn’t get in the way of the words.
I don’t go to funerals. I find them too horrible and upsetting and the older I get, of course, the more invitations I receive.
when you’re in a hurry in London, every route will be the wrong one.
They were quite squeamish about seeing me horizontal.