Yet, Like The Sea And The Gallows,

I Just Wanted To Be An Ordinary, Middle-class Person. When I Was At Cambridge I Made Great Efforts To Lose The Last Remnants Of My Cockney Accent.

Yet, Like The Sea And The Gallows, London Refuses Nobody.

I Don't In Any Sense Think Of Myself As A Celebrity, Which Of Course I'm Not.

I Saw A Ghost Once, About 20 Years Ago. It Took The Form Of Someone Coming Out Of A Sleeping Body And Sitting At The Foot Of The Bed.

There Are Certain People Who Seem Doomed To Buy Certain Houses. The House Expects Them. It Waits For Them.