'That's not just friendship that's romance too, you like music we can dance to.'

'...one can’t bottle one’s wonderments'

'Where are we going, Walt Whitman? The doors close in an hour.'

'...yacketayakking screaming vomiting whispering facts and memories and anecdotes'

'All these things are very old – the sketch, and the boat, and the afternoon.'

 

 

Have you ever taken a bath in a cement mixer?

'To climb the glass mountain, one first requires a good reason'

"Two years on and I still find myself writing about that albatross. Two years on and I still find myself when I'm writing about that albatross."

"Don’t be too magnificent, all I have is a dinner suit"

"Wagner?"..."Wagner."..."I thought so, I recognise the sense of humour"

'I like a view but I like to sit with my back turned to it'