The pleasure lies not in the cookies, but in the pattern the crumbs make when the cookies crumble.

Many years ago, I had the pleasure of editing a book by Joan Crawford, who, like Norma Desmond, was still a big star; it was just the movies that had gotten smaller.

Luck can often mean simply taking advantage of a situation at the right moment. It is possible to make your luck by being always prepared.

We British and Americans have never been conquered and occupied by the Germans, or forced to make the choice between defiance and collaboration, or haunted by the choices, evasions and moral ambiguities that only a defeated and occupied country can feel.

There is something inexpressibly charming in falling in love and, surely, the whole pleasure lies in the fact that love isn't lasting

Some mathematician has said pleasure lies not in discovering truth, but in seeking it.