He has that uncanny ability to be dangerous and pull the public in [on Michael Barrymore

Do you think to yourself, 'Wow, I saw this chicken and she was gorgeous?'

If something needs to be done, do it. If something needs to be said, say it.

…the designation of wife in India, of the Hindu wife, is higher and grander than that of Empress. She is called Devi

You can kid the world, but not your sister.

If I'd stayed on in London and carried on going to literary parties, it would have wrecked me as a writer.

Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor.

A vacation should be just long enough that your boss misses you, and not long enough for him to discover how well he can get along without you.

If I arrogate to myself the exclusive title of being in the right, I usurp the function of the Deity.

Because sometimes I live in a hurricane of words and not one of them can save me.

I am not here concerned with intent, but with scientific standards, especially the ability to tell the difference between a fact, an opinion, a hypothesis, and a hole in the ground.

I think the criticism that I take to heart is from other writers that I respect.