Rebecca West

He is every other inch a gentleman.

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all.

Valentine's Day: Rubbing singles' noses in their lack of a mate and the noses of couples in their lack of time.

I feel sorry for generations of Labour voters and supporters who must look and wonder what on earth has gone wrong and what Labour is for.

I've never really been somebody who likes to hit it straight. That's just never been my forte, I guess.