"The whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really wanted in the first pl..." — John Osborne

It is easy to answer the ultimate questions - it saves you bothering with the immediate ones.

Heroes, whatever high ideas we may have of them, are mortal and not divine. We are all as God made us and many of us much worse.

There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success.

In London, love and scandal are considered the best sweeteners of tea.