24 Quotes by Ben Schott

A great deal of American T.V. viewed on Hulu, which is superb - '30 Rock', for instance, is on very good form.

Properly cared for, a Savile Row suit can be handed down the generations – like gout.

I’m a firm believer in thinking inside the box. The first thing I do when approaching a new project is to give myself rigid guidelines and precise limits. That’s how I begin to think. If I were told that I could create anything in any medium, using any amount of space and any amount of time, I’d stand in a field and scream.

Such diplomacy is not to be sneezed at, for the suit is a window to the soul: lightweight cotton when cash is tight, Italian cashmere when an inheritance lands; waistlines drawn in during illness or anxiety, and let out at times of excess. Weddings, funerals, christenings, and court appearances – all of life’s landmarks are sanctified, quietly and confidentially, by one’s tailor.

That’s the problem with educating girls’ said Spode, bitterly, ’they never stop resorting to fact.

I never read articles about my books.