The lunches of fifty-seven years had caused his chest to slip down to the mezzanine floor.

Success comes to a writer, as a rule, so gradually that it is always something of a shock to him to look back and realize the heights to which he has climbed.

He virtually lives on fish

To find a man's true character, play golf with him.

He felt like a man who, chasing rainbows, has had one of them suddenly turn and bite him in the leg.

The cup of tea on arrival at a country house is a thing which, as a rule, I particularly enjoy. I like the crackling logs, the shaded lights, the scent of buttered toast, the general atmosphere of leisured cosiness.