Tony Parsons
Tony Parsons
thinking police waste
I can't think of a bigger waste of police time than chasing somebody who has said something offensive on Twitter.
thinking age
I don't think much of anything I wrote before the age of 30.
thinking years class
Largely this is a class thing - writers tend to be cosseted little middle-class kiddies who think that the world owes them a royalty cheque. But just doing it - being in your room for years on end, locked in your head, alone with invented ghosts - it weakens and softens the body. And I know I can't just live in my head.
kids thinking parent
I do tend to look back to my parents generation and think wow! what a great way to be, to live with one person for a lifetime, to bring your kids up in these really solid families.
swimming thinking guy
I feel like the only person in the world who sees David Beckham modelling his swimming pants on the cover of Elle magazine and thinks - oh, how much better a handsome guy like you would look, David, without all those dumb ink stains stitched into your skin.
drama thinking cities
I think airports are places of huge human drama. The more I see of it, the more I am convinced that Heathrow is a secret city, with its own history, folklore and mythology. But what has surprised me is the love the people who work there feel for the place. Everyone seems to think they are plugged into something majestic.
fighting british ashamed
The British - who rarely start a fight, but always know how to finish it - have nothing to be ashamed of.
kids matter money-matters
When you have a kid, money matters.
school grammar public-school
Grammar schools are public schools without the sodomy.
stars dad north-star
I have found having my dad as my North Star has worked well for me.
sweet toughness
I am a sweet old softy, but it took toughness to get through what I went through.
hate reading casinos
I hate Nassau and the Bahamas. It's one of those places I'd always wanted to visit since reading Ian Fleming but it was full of casinos with Americans in shorts.
tattoo looks individual
A tattoo doesn't make you look like an individual.
healthy four hours
I box for four hours a week and my diet is pretty healthy.