“With the possible exception of clothes, beauty salons and Frank Sinatra, there are few subjects all women agree upon.”

“To be is to do - Socrates.To do is to be - Jean-Paul Satre.Do be do be do -Frank Sinatra.”

“When Frank Sinatra sings Stormy Weather, the flies and the spiders get along together.”

“I feel like a nineteen forties teenager at a Frank Sinatra concert! (On finally being published)”

“To them the appearance of the Hell’s Angels must have seemed like a wonderful publicity stunt. In a nation of frightened dullards there is a sorry shortage of outlaws, and those few who make the grade are always welcome: Frank Sinatra, Alexander King, Elizabeth Taylor, Raoul Duke... they have that extra “something”.”

“This is the kind of detail that is forbidden in literature; in a book, no one would dare combine a full moon with Frank Sinatra. The problem with fiction is that it must seem credible, while reality seldom is.”