“There was a time when formal clothes were one of life's great pleasures, as well as a way of describing instantly a man's status wealth. Toffs wore the most, the proles the least. Fast forward to 2008 and clothes are still an unrivalled pleasure but some men - and this includes many of our betters - have confused status with fake informality.” MenWayWellsStillsWealthPleasureClothesFakeConfusedFormalDescribingInformality Author:Peter York
“I once started a detective story to make moneybut I couldn't get the murder to take place! At the end of three chapters I was still describing the characters and the milieu, so I thought, this is not going to work. No corpse!” StillsEndsCharacterStoriesThreeMurderMaking MoneyChaptersGoing To WorkCorpsesDetectivesDescribingMilieuDetective Stories Author:Mary McCarthy