In Washington, Success Is Just A Training

Remember How Margaret Thatcher Came To Believe That Abroad Was More Important Than At Home? Didn't Do Her Much Good.

If You Read The 'daily Mail,' You Would Imagine That The British Middle Classes Lead Lives Of Unremitting Misery.

The Formal Washington Dinner Party Has All The Spontaneity Of A Japanese Imperial Funeral.

Even I Would Find A Book About My Life Pretty Dull.

When I Was Collecting Material For A Political Gossip Column, And Someone Said Something Interesting, I Would Wait For Them To Add, "and I Don't Want To Read That In Your Magazine!" In Which Case I Wouldn't Use It. But If They Didn't Remember To Say It, I'd Nip Off To The Loo, Write The Story Up, Come Back And Change The Subject.