I couldn't really see the point of having lunch unless it started at 1:00 and ended a week later in Monte Carlo. — Arthur Smith Lunch Copy Share Image
It is more interesting to be compared to someone famous, because it lets you gauge what perceptions people have about your appearance. — Arthur Smith Appearance Copy Share Image
The best way to prepare for a night out with a Shakespearean tragedy is to do a bit of reading up in… — Arthur Smith Afternoon Copy Share Image
The Bible has no doubt had much influence in its time, but it provides very few laughs. None, in fact. — Arthur Smith Bible Copy Share Image
I'm an armchair kind of guy, especially when it's raining, which it always is and always will be. — Arthur Smith Armchairs Copy Share Image
If you want to be happy for a short time, get drunk; happy for a long time, fall in love; happy forever,… — Arthur Smith Drunk Copy Share Image
Don Quixote's 'Delusions' is an excellent read - far better than my own forthcoming travel book, 'Walking Backwards Across Tuscany.' — Arthur Smith Backwards Copy Share Image
Reading the play at home, however fulfilling, can never be the vivacious experience that Shakespeare intended. — Arthur Smith Experience Copy Share Image
After you've read a novel, you only retain a vague memory of its contents. You remember the atmosphere, the odd image or… — Arthur Smith Atmosphere Copy Share Image
Sky and clouds and trees and little figures relaxing in the perfect rural rhythm of their surroundings: these are the staples of… — Arthur Smith Clouds Copy Share Image