“Like all obsessive characters, Merrick was inordinately boring. He was uninterested in books, music, politics, people or, seemingly, even sex. His studied politeness was a mask that must conceal a slow-boiling malevolence. I can't see what he could have responded to in an irrepressible jokesmith like Jimmy Porter. He could squeeze out a frosty smile only when someone like a lovingly hated star collapsed with coronary.” ProseAutobiographyLook Back In AngerDavid MerrickImpresario Book:Looking Back: Never Explain, Never Apologise Source: Looking Back: Never Explain, Never Apologise