I don't go to the openings of shops or parties given by people I don't know. — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Other people's traditions look charming and decorative and exotic. They're nice places to visit on holiday, but you wouldn't want to live… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
I don't remember ever stealing things, but I suppose I was endlessly borrowing money off people. — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
You see, the problem with Dave Cameron is that people know who he is. The less people know about him, the more… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
I don't do dinner parties. I have people come to share the food I've cooked for the family. — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
People who don't believe in God are no happier than people who do, and those who do believe are no nicer than… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
When I joined the Sunday Times the people I was competing with were all 10 or 15 years younger, they all had… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Only people who live outside cities realize the size of them. London turns out to be huge; there are great swaths, vast… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Television is a constant stream of fact, opinions, lies, moral dilemmas, plots: an infinitely complex and sophisticated torrent of information. How could… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
People collect boredom, they hoard it, they wallow in it, hoping that one day it'll be of interest and become an effete… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
It's a great historical joke that when the Spanish met the Aztecs, it was a blind date made in serve-you-right heaven. At the time,… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
If New York is a wise guy, Paris a coquette, Rome a gigolo and Berlin a wicked uncle, then London is an old lady… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
So, being a good man is not an exam or a qualification, it changes, and it incorporates being a good friend, a good father,… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Women's handbags are incredibly heavy. You rarely get to pick one up and, when you do, you wonder why anyone carries so much stuff… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Gifts are an important and necessary part of our collective lives. We need to give and we need to allow others to give. — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Have you ever wondered why the rich and privileged care about, or even bother with, the gift bag? Because they don't need this stuff.… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
London is a city of ghosts; you feel them here. Not just of people, but eras. The ghost of empire, or the blitz, the… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
I walk up a dune to a beach and look out to sea, but it's 100km away. The ships lie askew in their dry… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
Being able to afford everything you desire is not, by any means, the worst thing that can happen to you. But, depressingly, and more… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
If the world were to end tomorrow and we could choose to save only one thing as the explanation and memorial to who we… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
