One of my mottos for living is: never eat on a boat, unless you own the boat.

Salt is the difference between eating in Technicolor and eating in black and white.

In my experience of vegan food it tends to be a symphony of beige.

English wine is like Belgian rock or German disco: a waste of everyone's time and money.

Bad restaurants find unique ways to be bad. Good ones are good in the same way: good food, nice staff, a pleasant room. The human capacity for finding unique ways to screw things up always amazes me.

People adore bad reviews. Nobody would be interested in reading the good ones.

The tragedy of my job [journalist] is that I rarely get to go where I want to go. I have to go where the job takes me.

I now see my life, not as a slow shaping of achievment to fit my preconceived purposes, but as the gradual discovery of a purpose which I did not know.

I'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff

Pain is G-d's megaphone to wake up the world.

One cat in a house is a sign of loneliness.

Truly, sister, you were born to be a widow. (Tyrion to Cersei)

When the audience leaves, I'd like them to feel positive when they go.

The laws of economics tell us that the expansion of the central state can't go on forever. Its limit is reached when the looted turn on the looters.

Terrorism is actually a very expensive business.

To let sorrow go his own way one gives happiness a chance

Labor is cheap, friends are expensive, but sons are priceless.