“It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.”

“It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.”

“The only place where success comes before work is a dictionary.”

“In the sixties, everyone you knew became famous. My flatmate was Terence Stamp. My barber was Vidal Sassoon. David Hockney did the menu in a restaurant I went to. I didn't know anyone unknown who didn't become famous.”