Dieting On New Year's Day

The Whole Point Of Diaries Is That Other People Find Them And Read What You've Put. I Did Once Take To Writing My Inner Thoughts On The Computer At The End Of Other Things I Was Writing And Ended Up Faxing Four Pages Of Hideous Stuff To My Accountant So I Don't Do That Now.

I'm No Good At Anything. Not Men. Not Social Skills. Not Work. Nothing.

The Corruption Of The Good By The Belief In Their Own Infallible Goodnes Is The Most Bloody Dangerous Pitfall In The Human Spectrum. Once You Have Conquered All Your Sins, Pride Is The One Which Will Conquer You. A Man Starts Off Deciding He Is A Good Man Because He Makes Good Decisions. Next Thing, He's Convinced That Whatever Decision He Makes Must Be Good Because He's A Good Man. Most Of The Wars In The World Are Caused By People Who Think They Have God On Their Side. Always Stick With People Who Know They Are Flawed And Ridiculous.

It's Rather Fun Writing A Female Spy, Because She Has So Much More Kit. Bond Never Carried A Hair Dryer Or A Makeup Bag. And He Certainly Didn't Wear An Uplift Bra.

Singletons Should Not Have To Explain Themselves All The Time But Should Have An Accepted Status — Like Geisha Girls Do