But the first lie in the series is the one you make with the greatest trepidation and the heaviest heart.

Writers, unlike most people, tell their best lies when they are alone.

Misogyny comes naturally to a young man in his late teens; it is a function of the powerful homosocial impulses that flower along Fraternity Row, that drove the mod movements of the middle sixties and late seventies, that lie at the heart of every rock band formed by men of that age.

In the immemorial style of young men under pressure, they decided to lie down for a while and waste time.