Anthony Powell

Growing old's like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.

Books do furnish a room.

Parents - especially step-parents - are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years.

I have a naturally camp sensibility and a camp sense of humour. I love the icons that gay people love.

I am a recovering narcissist. I thought narcissism was about self-love till someone told me there is a flip side to it. It is actually drearier than self-love; it is unrequited self-love.