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The Old Middle-class Prerogative Of Being Permanently In A Most Filthy Temper.

The Main Aim Of Education Should Be To Send Children Out Into The World With A Reasonably Sized Anthology In Their Heads So That, While Seated On The Lavatory, Waiting In Doctors' Surgeries, On Stationary Trains Or Watching Interviews With Politicians, They May Have Something Interesting To Think About.

Rumpole, You Must Move With The Times." "if I Don't Like The Way The Times Are Moving, I Shall Refuse To Accompany Them.

Do We Want Blanks, Asterisks And Exclamation Marks Which People Can Fill In With Their Own Imaginations, Or Are We Prepared And Strong Enough To Tolerate, Even If We Do Not Approve, The Strong Anglo-saxon, Realistic And Vivid Language?

What Obsesses A Writer Starting Out On A Lifetime's Work Is The Panic-stricken Search For A Voice Of His Own.