No British TV company could ever make a series like 'The West Wing' about British politics. It would beggar credibility. No one could write it with a straight face, or perform it without giggling.
I don't go to the openings of shops or parties given by people I don't know.
Personal adornment is the only cultural form that everybody in the world takes part in.
My only piece of advice is that all of you consider every single text and Snapchat that you ever make as also being shared with your partner, because they all check your phones all the time - trust me on this one.
In fact, everybody should wake up smelling nice. I go further, there is not an excuse, ever, not to smell nice, particularly your feet.
The part that makes you unique is the bit people will like or fear, fall in love with, or try to avoid.
Gifts are an important and necessary part of our collective lives. We need to give and we need to allow others to give.
Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject.
The most difficult and complicated part of the writing process is the beginning.
So with truth - there is a certain moment when one can say, this is the truth and here I put a dot, a stop, and I go to another thing. A judge has to put an end to a deliberation. But for a historian, there's never an end to the past. It can go on and on and on.
