“There was no excuse which didn't consist of inexcusable.”

“One of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a wonderful thing. . .I mean, I carry my sins around with me, there's nobody there to forgive them.”

“... all his faces were designed to express rage or loathing. Now that something had happened which really deserved a face, he had none to celebrate it with. As a kind of token, he made his Sex Life in Ancient Rome face.”

“Yevgeny Yevtushenko: 'You atheist?'"Kingsley Amis: 'Well, yes, but it's more that I hate him.”

“Laziness has become the chief characteristic of journalism, displacing incompetence. ”

“If you can't annoy somebody, there is little point in writing.”

“Consciousness was upon him before he could get out of the way.”